Frontline Video on The Sex Trade In India

I ran across this video today it is from Frontline/ World. In 2004 one of their correspondents, Raney Aronson went to Kamathipura, one of the country's poorest districts and also its largest red light district, home to more than 60,000 sex workers. Kamathipura is located in Mumbai, India. This video explores the health and economic conditions of these women who HAVE SEX FOR $1.50 ON A GOOD NIGHT!!!! CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK!

Banking For A Better Future

Last December a bank in India opened to help sex workers save money. The bank was started by a sex workers collective in the red light district of Mumbai, one of India's most popular cities. More than 1,200 sex workers now have accounts at Sangini Women's Co-operative Society bank. They are also able to get loans from the bank. The following video describes how the bank is helping sex workers save to one day get out of the world's oldest profession.

Fewer and Fewer Women are Being Rescued From The Sex Trade

A police report released in India on Wednesday, April 8th says that fewer and fewer women and girls are being rescued from the sex trade in India. The facts are alarming as 172 women were rescued in 2006, this number dropped to 91 in 2008. In addition to these facts the report also shows that 62 women were arrested in 2006 and only 54 were arrested in 2007. The police commissioner Rajendra Sonawane says that the facts don't mean less women are trafficked or hurting in the sex trade it only means that more pimps, madams, and brothel owners are learning how to get around the law. The police commissioner still contends that the police force is proactive in solving sex cases: "Whenever we get a call informing us that minors have been pushed into the sex trade, we rescue them. The police also act on their own information." To read the full article you can click on this link or visit the following website, www.expressindia.com!

Male Sex Workers

They have the same storys, the same experiences, and the same feelings of hopelessness. But while women sex workers in India are visible, male sex workers are not. The often suffer in silence! Many male sex workers are what we in America call transgender. The terms for it in India are Kothis and Eunuch. These men have feelings of being women and they are therefore attracted to other men, gays, or bisexuals. They often are desperate for money because they are socially outcased worst then women sex workers. They can not get normal jobs because of their gender identity so they end up joining the trade. Male sex workers are often the victims of murder and rape in India. The following youtube video showcases the plight of male sex workers in India.