Vatican City, July 30, 2019: Prostitution is a “human disease,” according to Pope Francis, writing in the preface of a book, evoking “a disgusting vice” which is reducing women into slavery. “All forms of prostitution are enslavement, criminal acts, disgusting vice that confuses making love with the relief of one’sContinue Reading
Rome: Pope Francis asked forgiveness Monday for all Christians who buy sex from women, saying men who frequent prostitutes are criminals with a “sick mentality” who think that women exist to be exploited. “This isn’t making love. This is torturing a woman. Let’s not confuse the terms,” Francis insisted. TheContinue Reading
Amrit Dhillon in Kolkata Kolkata: As a sex worker in Kolkata, Rita Roy had no access to her own money. The brothel madam kept her earnings “safe” – shoving the notes into her bra – and whenever Roy needed money, she would never get the full amount she asked for.Continue Reading
By Swapnaneel Bhattacharjee April 21, 2017: Even as the government has taken various initiatives to prevent trafficking of women in the country, the existence of an organised red-light area in the heart of Silchar town, the headquarters of Cachar district of Assam state, explicitly reveals how prostitution over the yearsContinue Reading
Jakarta: Indonesia aims to shut down all of the country’s red-light districts by 2019 in a bid to eradicate prostitution in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, the Jakarta Post said late Tuesday quoting the social affairs minister. The government has already closed 68 red-light districts, while another 100 wouldContinue Reading