Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Sex Workers Want Government to Acknowledge Profession

It's election time in India now and sex workers are asking politicians to recognize their profession and give them equal rights under the laws. While I can not imagine prostitutes in America demanding the government for egual rights, the situation in India is much different. Prostitution is big business over there with about 70,000 sex workers who take up the family business each year. This is not something hidden under the rug like it often is in America. So, sex workers are demanding that their profession by accepted by society and that their family members will not be oppressed because of their trade. Sex workers have major voting power. In fact if you count the sex worker and their family members that equals approximately 2,80,000votes. As a result, the main group, Urbar Mahila Samanya Committee, which is lobbying politicans right now is very hopefully. To read the article in it's entirety you can click on the link.

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