Kolkata, Hundreds of sex workers from Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district, thronged EC assistance camps on Tuesday, with anxiety writ large on their faces amid the Special Intensive Revision ...

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

The Election Commission will organise a special camp in Sonagachi on December 9 to protect the civil rights of sex workers ...

Hundreds of sex workers from Kolkata's Sonagachi neighborhood are participating in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Concerns arise over potential exclusion due to lack of ...

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

The ripples of unrest raging across Nepal have travelled nearly 800 km south to Kolkata’s Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district, where Nepali sex workers are unable to get in touch with their ...

KOLKATA, INDIA—In recent years, public health officials, social workers, and politicians swarmed Kolkata’s red-light areas, advocating safe sex, offering medical services, and distributing condoms.

Sneha Wagh, who is one of the talented actors of the television industry, has taken up another challenging role. She features in Neerja: Ek Nayi Pehchaan as a se* worker and recently talked about ...

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 ...

If bad news travels fast, good news certainly doesn't. In recent years, the Durbar Mahila Samannay Committee (dmsc) has brought about major improvements in the lives of Bengal's sex workers. Yet, most ...

KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A sex workers' committee meeting is underway on the first floor of a shabby building at the entrance of Sonagachi, South Asia's largest red light district ...

Simanti Dasgupta receives funding from Research Council SEED Grants, University of Dayton. Hoping to protect women from sexual exploitation, Indian lawmakers are pushing a bill that amends the ...