Recognising Sex Work as Work

Syllabus: General Studies Paper 2 (Governance) Context: The pandemic has hit millions of people and caused a great deal of suffering across communities. But there is one community that is especially hard hit and that is sex workers. Owing to the non-recognition of sex work as “legitimate work”, sex workers have mostly been kept at arm’s length from the government’s relief programmes. COVID-19 has thus provided more reason to consider a long-pending demand of sex workers in India — decriminalisation of sex work and a guaranteed set of labour rights. An Archaic, Regressive View: The legislation governing sex work in indiais....Read More