Arielle Egozi wrote in her post that sex work allowed her to leave an in-house job by making an abundant amount of money and thus helped her feel powerful.

These corona do-gooders truly embody the existence of humanity and goodness in the world that seems to be in a never-ending conflict. We salute to all the corona do-gooders in India who are writing new chapters of how humanity can win any war.  

Some feminists often disregards sex work’s contribution towards gender empowerment.

The pandemic not only leads to financial instability but also heightened the mental health problems for the sex workers. All they need is relief packages and secure future from the government.

They are the worst-hit because they will lose business, they won’t get any clients. Their business will be low not only till the lockdown but even after that.

Gangubai truly gives us a benchmark of empowerment that arises from the will to never give up and consolidates in empowering other women.  

South India AIDS Action Programme (SIAAP) surveyed 1000 women sex workers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Pune in 2019.

Sex workers across India are seeking to influence candidates in the elections through collective voting. The collective voting is an attempt to demand better health facilities and welfare services in exchange for votes.

Let’s take a tour through the immoral red light areas of your city. As we traverse through the bylanes of the dark streets lined with unabashed women, ‘selling their dignity’ for cash per hour, escaping the clutches of the police and entertaining men, blind your biases and numb your mind. If you can, wear on […]

The All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW) has released a charter of demands, which they are seeking political parties to include in their political manifestos. The collective of marginalised women, comprising of up to five million women, are demanding “better support system” to live with “dignity without stigma, oppression and police harassment.” They stress […]