The Election Commission of India is launching a special assistance camp to help sex workers in Kolkata's Sonagachi area navigate challenges with 2002 documentation required for the electoral roll.

In Kolkata and its neighbouring districts, there are an estimated 3 lakh sex workers. Some work as private escorts, spa workers, masseuses, etc. (Representational image: Arindam Saha via Unsplash) ...

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 ...

The ripples of unrest raging across Nepal have travelled nearly 800 km south to Kolkata’s Sonagachi, Asia’s largest red-light district, where Nepali sex workers are unable to get in touch with their ...

Kolkata/New Delhi [India], Nov. 17 (ANI): The Centre's radical move to abolish large bank notes has severely affected the business of sex workers in Sonagachi- India's largest red light district, in ...

“Only rights can stop the wrong,” reads a poster inside the community centre at the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) office in Sonagachi, Kolkata, West Bengal’s capital. The poster dates back ...

A booth level officer (BLOs) gives enumeration forms to voters as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls begins in West Bengal. (Courtesy: PTI photo) Amid the ongoing SIR of electoral ...

KOLKATA: The ripples of unrest raging across Nepal have travelled nearly 800 km south to Kolkata's Sonagachi, Asia's largest red-light district, where Nepalese sex workers are unable to get in touch ...

Sneha Wagh, who is one of the talented actors of the television industry, has taken up another challenging role. She features in Neerja: Ek Nayi Pehchaan as a se* worker and recently talked about ...

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 ...

Meet the children of sex workers who represent India at international football tournaments. More From 101 India: From Sonagachi to Denmark – Football Took These Sex Workers’ Children To The Dana Cup ...