Kolkata’s Sonagachi area may soon host a special assistance camp for sex workers, as the Election Commission prepares to address unique documentation challenges arising from the ongoing Special ...

The Election Commission has taken a pioneering step by organising a special voter registration camp for sex workers in ...

Enrolled for first time in 2007 after a protest, based on passbooks from a co-op bank. That may not be enough.

In a significant move, the West Bengal CEO's office set up camps to assist sex workers in Kolkata's red-light areas with electoral roll enumeration. This initiative addresses concerns of voter ...

On December 9, the Election Commission of India will hold a special drive in Sonagachi, the largest red-light district in ...

“Only rights can stop the wrong,” reads a poster inside the community centre at the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) office in Sonagachi, Kolkata, West Bengal’s capital. The poster dates back ...

EC officials set up SIR camps in Kolkata's Sonagachi to assist sex workers with voter registration and identification challenges.

Kolkata/New Delhi [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): The Centre's radical move to abolish large bank notes has severely affected the business of sex workers in Sonagachi- India's largest red light district, in ...

The developments have had a ripple effect in Kolkata, especially in Sonagachi, where a section of Nepalese women still work in the sex trade despite their declining numbers over the years.

Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area, one of the largest red light districts in Asia, held a preliminary meeting among themselves to know ...

A senior official in the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office told PTI that the commission has taken note of the concerns after multiple organisations pointed out that many sex workers at Asia's ...

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 16 (ANI): Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area are urging the government to include their names in the voter list as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...