New Delhi | 1 year ago
Delhi's sex workers support Hazare
New Delhi, Aug 22 - Hundreds of sex workers in Delhi are supporting activist Anna Hazare in his agitation for a strong Lokpal bill, an NGO working for their welfare said Monday.The Bharatiya Patita Uddhar Sabha - said they are supporting Hazare's crusade since April when he first went on a fast-unto-death. Many sex workers from the city's red light area G.B. Road also visited Ramlila ground last w ... read more

3 years ago
Sex workers oppose decriminalisation of gay sex
New Delhi, July 3 - While thousands of homosexuals across the country celebrate freedom from the criminal tag following the Delhi High Court verdict, a group representing sex workers Friday wrote a letter to Law Minister Veerappa Moily opposing the move. Bharatiya Patita Uddhar Sabha -, which is active in 10 states, said: 'We oppose the move. Unless the law ministry takes care of our view then w ... read more

4 years ago
Politicians now realize we too matter, say sex workers
New Delhi, April 26 - They have been largely ignored and stigmatised. But with an important tool, the voter's ID, the sex worker community is feeling empowered. Now candidates for the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha seat in Delhi are doing all they can to woo this important vote bank. Unlike in the last general elections, when only 300 sex workers here had voter IDs, this time 1,500 of them are regist ... read more

4 years ago
NGO demands computers for sex workers' children
New Delhi, Jan 2 - An NGO working among sex workers in the capital's red light area has asked the government to provide computers in a local school and improve the sanitation in the area. The Bharatiya Patita Uddhar Sabha, an NGO working for the upliftment of sex workers across the country, submitted a memorandum to union Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal Thursday evening, stating ... read more

4 years ago
Visiting brothels to invite jail term, penalty up to Rs.50,000
New Delhi, July 20 - Visiting a brothel could land a person in jail and invite a penalty of up to Rs.50,000. A group of ministers - headed by Home Minister Shivraj Patil has given the go-ahead to penalising clients in order to curb prostitution in the country. The GoM approved an amendment, pending for the last two years, to the Immoral Trafficking - Act at its last meeting in June. The amendmen ... read more

5 years ago
Project for sex workers' kids finds no volunteers?
New Delhi, March 26 - Children of sex workers at G.B. Road, the main red light area of the capital, cannot avail themselves of the benefits of a proposed 'anganwadi' - as the government claims no NGO has come forward to start the project. The Delhi government, in an affidavit filed before the high court in 2006, said it planned to start anganwadi centres in red light areas of the city. The move ... read more

New Delhi | 6 years ago
NGO hails move to save girl child
New Delhi, Feb 20 - An organisation working for the betterment of sex workers has welcomed the government's move to save the newborn girl child.This follows Minister of State for Women and Child Development Renuka Choudhury's plea: 'If you don't want a girl child, do not kill her. We'll take over'. How? By putting a 'palna' - in every district headquarters. Put one in every block, suggests the Bha ... read more