Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking protection, welfare of sex workers, LGBT community

May 11, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 11 : Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking direction to Centre and Delhi government to take effective...

Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi celebrate Bhai Dooj

Nov 03, 2024

Every year Bhai Dooj is celebrated in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red-light area by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee with sex workers. In the hope of...

Sex workers celebrate Independence Day waving Indian flags

Aug 15, 2021

New Delhi [India], August 16 : Sex workers at GB Road in Delhi celebrated Independence Day on Sunday.

NHRC seeks report over plight of sex workers

Aug 09, 2020

New Delhi [India], Aug 9 : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Chief Secretaries of all...

SC expresses concern over sex trafficking; asks Centre to establish comprehensive rehabilitation framework for victims

Nov 15, 2024

Expressing concern over human and sex trafficking the Supreme Court said that there exists a legislative vacuum regarding the establishment of a comprehensive rehabilitation...

Siliguri: Sex workers, AIDS patients light up candles on eve of World AIDS Day

Nov 30, 2021

Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], December 1 : Sex workers, health workers and HIV-AIDS patients lit candles on Tuesday in the memory of those who...