Delhi Sex Workers

A doctor and an ASHA worker allegedly involved in conducting illegal pre-natal gender tests of pregnant women in the national capital were busted in a joint raid by the health department of Gurugram and Delhi, an official said.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar "chose not to respond" to a note asking him to constitute a committee to probe allegations of molestation of women contractual workers at a Delhi government hospital in Burari.

The office of Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer has initiated the process to set up special camps to enrol transgender persons, sex workers and vulnerable women in the voters' list, officials said on Saturday.

A first-ever health clinic for sex workers and their families has been opened in Delhi's red-light area, G B Road, with facilities for routine check-ups and treatment.

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim bail to a sex worker accused of trafficking minor girls and said that while a sex worker is entitled to all rights available to a citizen, she cannot claim any special treatment.

Some 200 sex workers in Delhi are being trained to make diyas, candles and incense sticks to make them self-reliant and move away from sex trade.

BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Thursday announced an initiative to support daughters of sex workers in the GB Road area of the city.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Friday by the Delhi Police Special Cell for allegedly murdering a sex worker after she rejected his marriage proposal.

Three sex workers were allegedly raped by nine men at a farm house in Noida, the police said today. Most of the accused are private security guards, while one is a cab driver. Seven of the accused have been arrested after the matter was reported to police around 5 am.

Even sex-workers have a right to refuse their services and seek redressal when forced, the Supreme Court has ruled, overturning a 2009 Delhi High Court judgement and restoring the 10 years jail awarded to four persons by a lower court.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal today lamented that no meeting of state- level coordination committee, set up to combat trafficking and rehabilitate sex workers, has been convened in the last two months and asked the AAP government to expedite implementation of the decisions taken earlier.

Sex worker Shaalu is using fewer condoms when she meets her clients in New Delhi - not out of choice, but because a funding crunch and procurement delays in the state-run HIV/AIDS programme have disrupted supplies of free condoms.

Following reports of short supply of condoms at GB Road, Delhi Government has directed the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) to urgently procure 4 lakh contraceptive for distribution among the sex workers residing in the red light area.

If only Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti knew what he started on January 24 this year, would fire the imagination of people across continents. Thanks to his, 'women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised,' comment, 'Slut Walk' campaigns around the globe from Boston to Brasilia have kept protestors, commentators, ...

An HIV positive sex worker, sentenced to seven years imprisonment for running a brothel in Pune and procuring girls for prostitution, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court on humanitarian ground.A bench of Justices HS Bedi and CK Prasad released the HIV positive sex worker on bail for six months on a plea made by her counsel Gurdeep Singh, who...

A doctor and an ASHA worker allegedly involved in conducting illegal pre-natal gender tests of pregnant women in the national capital were busted in a joint raid by the health department of Gurugram and Delhi, an official said.

Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar "chose not to respond" to a note asking him to constitute a committee to probe allegations of molestation of women contractual workers at a Delhi government hospital in Burari.

The office of Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer has initiated the process to set up special camps to enrol transgender persons, sex workers and vulnerable women in the voters' list, officials said on Saturday.

A first-ever health clinic for sex workers and their families has been opened in Delhi's red-light area, G B Road, with facilities for routine check-ups and treatment.

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim bail to a sex worker accused of trafficking minor girls and said that while a sex worker is entitled to all rights available to a citizen, she cannot claim any special treatment.

Some 200 sex workers in Delhi are being trained to make diyas, candles and incense sticks to make them self-reliant and move away from sex trade.

BJP MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Thursday announced an initiative to support daughters of sex workers in the GB Road area of the city.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on Friday by the Delhi Police Special Cell for allegedly murdering a sex worker after she rejected his marriage proposal.

Three sex workers were allegedly raped by nine men at a farm house in Noida, the police said today. Most of the accused are private security guards, while one is a cab driver. Seven of the accused have been arrested after the matter was reported to police around 5 am.

Even sex-workers have a right to refuse their services and seek redressal when forced, the Supreme Court has ruled, overturning a 2009 Delhi High Court judgement and restoring the 10 years jail awarded to four persons by a lower court.

Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal today lamented that no meeting of state- level coordination committee, set up to combat trafficking and rehabilitate sex workers, has been convened in the last two months and asked the AAP government to expedite implementation of the decisions taken earlier.

Sex worker Shaalu is using fewer condoms when she meets her clients in New Delhi - not out of choice, but because a funding crunch and procurement delays in the state-run HIV/AIDS programme have disrupted supplies of free condoms.

Following reports of short supply of condoms at GB Road, Delhi Government has directed the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) to urgently procure 4 lakh contraceptive for distribution among the sex workers residing in the red light area.

If only Toronto Police Constable Michael Sanguinetti knew what he started on January 24 this year, would fire the imagination of people across continents. Thanks to his, 'women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimised,' comment, 'Slut Walk' campaigns around the globe from Boston to Brasilia have kept protestors, commentators, ...

An HIV positive sex worker, sentenced to seven years imprisonment for running a brothel in Pune and procuring girls for prostitution, has been granted bail by the Supreme Court on humanitarian ground.A bench of Justices HS Bedi and CK Prasad released the HIV positive sex worker on bail for six months on a plea made by her counsel Gurdeep Singh, who...