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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | 'Step towards life of dignity': Sonagachi sex workers on SC verdict

'Step towards life of dignity': Sonagachi sex workers on SC verdict

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published Published on May 27, 2022   modified Modified on May 28, 2022

-PTI/ The Telegraph

Hailing the apex court's decision, CID officer Shanti Das says every adult woman should have the right to choose her profession

Winding by-lanes and the narrow streets of Calcutta's Sonagachi, one of the largest red-light districts in Asia, came alive amid music and merry-making on Friday as sex workers rejoiced over the recent Supreme Court verdict that recognised prostitution as a profession.

Coloured powder was smeared on faces and sweets distributed, with sex workers terming the court order as a step ahead towards a life of dignity.

Mahasweta Mukherjee, advocacy officer of Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, an NGO looking after the welfare of sex workers, said that the organisation's "27 years of struggle has finally borne fruit".

"We had two programmes lined up for the day to celebrate the historic verdict. Women in Sonagachi played with coloured powder and fed sweets to one another in the morning. In the evening, a programme has been arranged to raise menstrual hygiene awareness, keeping in mind that tomorrow is World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Napkins would be distributed on the occasion."

Mukherjee, however, noted that brothels are still held unlawful by the court.

Bisakha Laskar, a 44-year-old sex worker and president of the committee, said that the apex court ruling would bring relief to many women, who are regularly harassed for choosing prostitution as their profession.

"Not just some of us, the clients, too are heckled by policemen as they walk out of Sonagachi. I am hoping that this verdict would be a step towards a dignified life for us, "Laskar said.

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PTI/ The Telegraph, 27 May, 2022, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/sex-workers-from-sonagachi-call-supreme-court-verdict-step-towards-life-of-dignity/cid/1867177


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