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...

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...

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...

West Bengal: Sex Workers hold candle march on the eve of World Aids Day in Siliguri

Dec 01, 2025

The sex workers held a candlelight march on the eve of World AIDS Day in Siliguri on Sunday.

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.

As SIR begins in Bengal, Sonagachi sex workers demand inclusion in voter list

Nov 16, 2025

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)...