Sex Workers

Will window shopping for sex in Amsterdam end this week?

In a bid to improve the image of the De Wallen district and to get more in sync with the ‘Me Too’ movement, Amsterdam’s municipal council is expected to vote this week to keep the curtains of window brothels down permanently

Sri Lanka crisis: Makeshift brothels crop up as economic hardship pushes women into prostitution

There has been an increase of 30 per cent in prostitution in the last few months as women here are forced to become sex workers to earn a livelihood, according to Stand-up Movement Lanka, a group that works for the rights of sex workers

Woman adds 'sex work' as experience on LinkedIn, post goes viral

Many congratulated her for finding a new job that she found empowering and well paid. Several others commented that the value of sex work should not be minimised and few even supported her for writing and opening up on her journey

Supreme Court recognises prostitution as profession: What does this mean for sex workers

The apex court in its order stated that sex workers are entitled to dignity and equal protection under the law. The three-judge bench ordered that sex workers shouldn't be harassed or penalised by the police and their complaints should be taken seriously

SC issues directions related to rights of sex workers, how media should cover community

The apex court said that all sex workers should be treated with dignity and not be abused since voluntary sex work is not illegal and only running the brothel is unlawful

Issue Aadhaar cards to sex workers based on proforma certificate, says SC tells UIDAI

UIDAI had earlier suggested that the Aadhaar card could be issued to sex workers without insisting on proof of identity, subject to their producing a certificate issued by a gazetted Officer of NACO or a gazetted officer of health department

COVID and climate change push many older women into prostitution in Sundarbans

A grandmother was trafficked to Pune and sold to a brothel where she was sexually abused for 14 months

Monochrome Man: Aesthetics over authenticity, and other emotional choices in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi

Gangubai Kathiawadi's costumes do not get care to detail by Sanjay Leela Bhansali in a world he claims he knows. They are all broad strokes, everything painted with one massive brush devoid of historical accuracy or authenticity.

First Take | After Gangubai Kathiawadi, tracing the other Fallen Woman in Mandi, Lakshmi, Begum Jaan

Gangubai’s tryst with destiny is a gorgeous metaphor on the ‘Fallen Woman’, a favourite prototype of Hindi cinema since Guru Dutt’s Pyaasa. Except that Gangubai refuses to fall

Gangubai Kathiawadi could give wind to the sails of change in Bollywood’s hackneyed representation of sex workers

Films like Mandi, Dev.D, Begum Jaan, and Anaarkali of Aarah empowered their women with agency. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming Gangubai Kathiawadi could be the latest addition to this formidable list.