India Urged to Seek New Ways to Combat Oldest Job

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India Urged to Seek New Ways to Combat Oldest Job

Reuters (12/26/95)
Vaughan, Lisa

An increasing number of women in India are turning to prostitution in order to survive, social workers and activist claim. Jyotsna Chatterji, director of the Delhi-based Joint Women's Program, told a conference on women in prostitution that the pressures of liberalization, urbanization, and migration are stimulating the sex trade. India must therefore find new methods to deal with the problems of women and children in prostitution. Activist K.K. Mukherjee said that some 200 Indian women and girls go into prostitution each day. Health workers noted that prostitution is also a primary method of HIV transmission in the country. Representatives of grassroots organizations said that the focus should be on helping to rehabilitate prostitutes with employment, health, and education.

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