Pak sex workers in India to learn about HIV prevention
AFP, Kolkata
Pakistani sex workers have toured the brothel district of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata for tips on how to organise and to protect themselves against HIV/Aids, a spokeswoman for a local sex workers' union said Wednesday. "It was the first time that a delegation of Pakistani sex workers visited an Indian red light district," said Swapna Gayen, president of the Committee for Coordination of Indomitable Women in the Sonagachi district of the city. "They came here to know about our anti-Aids programme and brothel management," she said. The 6,000 brothel-based sex workers of Sonagachi organised a union more than a decade ago for protection from customers who refuse to use condoms and to fight police harassment.
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