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344:, around 5.17% of the 13,000 prostitutes in Sonagachi are estimated to be HIV positive. This rate is close to the average HIV rate for female prostitutes in India, which is estimated to be 5.1%, though the HIV infection rate among prostitutes as well as among the general population varies widely by region in India. According to some sources, prostitutes from Sonagachi who test HIV positive are not told about the results, and live with the disease without knowing about it "because the DMSC is worried that HIV positive women will be ostracized." Some prostitutes in Sonagachi have stated that "the clients, at least three quarters of them" refuse to use condoms and "if we force them to use the condom, they will just go next door. There are so many women working here, and in the end, everyone is prepared to work without protection for fear of losing trade." 543: 48: 557: 269: 258: 1918: 571: 599: 3392: 529: 117: 55: 585: 403:
takes the viewer beyond the well-known prostitute-clogged streets and into the homes of the children who live in the so-called worst place on earth. If the film has one success story, it is the discovery of ten-year-old Avijit whose natural affinity for creating exciting compositions through the lens
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Fehrenbacher AE, Chowdhury D, Ghose T, Swendeman D. Consistent Condom Use by Female Sex Workers in Kolkata, India: Testing Theories of Economic Insecurity, Behavior Change, Life Course Vulnerability and Empowerment. AIDS Behav. 2016 Oct;20(10):2332-2345.
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Cornish, Flora, and Riddhi Banerjee. “How Do Relationships Between Peer Educators and Sex Workers Lead to Increased Condom Use?: A Social Capital Interpretation of the Sonagachi Project.” Indian Anthropologist 43, no. 1 (2013): 51–64.
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Ghose T, Swendeman D, George S, Chowdhury D. Mobilizing collective identity to reduce HIV risk among sex workers in Sonagachi, India: the boundaries, consciousness, negotiation framework. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jul;67(2):311-20.
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by the name of Sanaullah, who lived here with his mother. On his death, the grieving woman is said to have heard a voice coming from their hut, saying, "Mother, don't cry. I have become a
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Dasgupta, Satarupa. “Violence in Commercial Sex Work: A Case Study on the Impact of Violence Among Commercial Female Sex Workers in India and Strategies to Combat Violence.”
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Nag, Moni. “Sex Workers in Sonagachi: Pioneers of a Revolution.” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 40, no. 49, Economic and Political Weekly, 2005, pp. 5151–56,
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GHOSE, TOORJO. “Politicizing Political Society: Mobilization among Sex Workers in Sonagachi, India.” South Asian Feminisms, edited by ANIA LOOMBA and RITTY A. LUKOSE,
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Karan A, Hansen N. Does the Stockholm Syndrome affect female sex workers? The case for a "Sonagachi Syndrome". BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2018 Feb 6;18(1):10.
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Jana S, Basu I, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Newman PA. The Sonagachi Project: a sustainable community intervention program. AIDS Educ Prev. 2004 Oct;16(5):405-14.
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in 1992 but is now largely run by the prostitutes themselves. While some are crediting the DMSC with keeping a relatively low rate of HIV infection among
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Newman, Peter A. “Reflections on Sonagachi: An Empowerment-Based HIV-Preventive Intervention for Female Sex Workers in West Bengal, India.”
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to name the worst place in the world he has ever visited, and immediately Leth responds with "The Red Light District of Calcutta."
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Ghose, Toorjo, Dallas T. Swendeman, and Sheba M. George. “The Role of Brothels in Reducing HIV Risk in Sonagachi, India.”
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The Sonagachi project is a sex workers' cooperative that operates in the area and empowers sex workers to insist on
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means 'Tree of Gold'. According to legend, during the early days of Calcutta the area was the den of a notorious
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Dasgupta, Simanti. “Sovereign Silence: Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and Legalizing Sex Work in Sonagachi.”
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Kerrigan, D.; Wirtz, A.; Baral, S.; N'Jie, N.D.; Stanciole, A.; Butler, J.; Oelrichs, R.; Beyer, C. (2012).
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in memory of her son, although it fell into disrepair. The Sona Gazi was converted into Sonagachi.
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depicts the story of women being trafficked and forced to become sex workers in Sonagachi.
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by Prof. Shohini Ghosh and Dr. Sabeena Ghadioke from Asia's leading Media institute
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Rami Chhabra. “More on Sonagachi.” Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 42, no. 18,
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reports investigations revealing that, contrary to stated policy, the DMSC allows
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Open Society Foundations. “Sex Worker Health and Rights: Where Is the Funding?”
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Besides the Sonagachi project, the DMSC also runs several similar projects in
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The Changing Status of Women in West Bengal, 1970-2000: The Challenge Ahead
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and full legalization, runs literacy and vocational programs, and provides
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Toorjo Ghose; Dallas Swendeman; Sheba George; Debasish Chowdhury (2008).
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and government organizations operate in Sonagachi for the prevention of
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Changing prices for sex work in Sonagachi, a Kolkata red-light district
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Selling Sex in the City: A Global History of Prostitution, 1600s-2000s
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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García, M.R.; van Voss, L.H.; van Nederveen Meerkerk, E. (2017).
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Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India
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has a storyline based on the area. The Malayalam Film
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Kolkata
Sonagachi is located in Kolkata
22°59′39″N 88°36′44″E / 22.99417°N 88.61222°E / 22.99417; 88.61222
India
State
West Bengal
City
Kolkata
East India Company
Named for
Kolkata
India
C.R. Avenue
Sovabazar
Marble Palace
red-light districts
Asia
brothels
sex workers
Bengali
dacoit
Gazi
mosque


Sonagachi
red light district
NGOs
sexually transmitted diseases
AIDS

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