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Kolkata’s Sonagachi area may soon host a special assistance camp for sex workers, as the Election Commission prepares to address unique documentation challenges arising from the ongoing Special ...

Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area, one of the largest red light districts in Asia, held a preliminary meeting among themselves to know ...

Of the 8,000-odd sex workers of Sonagachi, many have no connection with their parents for decades and are not in a position to get documents from them.

There are a total of 12,000 sex workers at West Bengal's Sonagachi brothel Sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area are urging the government to include their names in the voter list as the Special ...

A senior official in the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office told PTI that the commission has taken note of the concerns after multiple organisations pointed out that many sex workers at Asia's ...

The recent surge in political unrest in Nepal has sent shockwaves to Kolkata's Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light area, where around more than 100 Nepalese sex workers are struggling to cope with the ...

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) process begins in Bengal. Many sex workers fear being ...

One of the largest red-light areas in Kolkata’s Sonagachi, with over 12,000 sex workers, celebrates the 13th edition of their Durga Pujas. Started in 2013, the women of the area erupted in joy as MLA ...

KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A sex workers' committee meeting is underway on the first floor of a shabby building at the entrance of Sonagachi, South Asia's largest red light district ...