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World's biggest red-light district has 12,000 prostitutes and multi-storey brothels
dailystar.co.ukAl Jazeera.“No political party in Bengal would want to move them out. Perhaps it is due to the culture of the state, its history of communism and sensitivity towards the marginalised."What do you think?
Have your say in the comments belowThe documentary, Born Into Brothels, followed the children of the Sonagachi prostitutes via photography and camera work - with Zana Briski winning the Academy Award for best documentary.But Durbar were not happy with the film, saying it presented the children's parents as abusive and ignored the prostitutes' efforts to provide education programs and career-building activities for their children.The region faced problems in the past when it came to trafficking, with immigrants put to work without being properly assessed.
However, those practices have now been put in place, with Al Jazeera claiming that two weeks of counselling takes place, with minors handed over to the state government and reunited with families.Durbar say that around 1,000 women come to the region every year to try and make a career and get some stability in life, but Jana points out that there are concerns about the immediate future of the industry.“Real estate development and the advent of technology have already wiped out brothels in other parts of the world, including in Kamathipura in Mumbai,” he said.“In the past two to three years the trend has set in.
Land prices have gone up in the vicinity of Sonagachi and realty developers are eyeing the area. The mobile phone has provided anonymity and an alternate means of doing business for sex workers.
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