News India Shocking Report: Three million female sex workers in India

Shocking Report: Three million female sex workers in India

New Delhi: Three million women are engaged in commercial sex activity (CSA) in India, a 50% rise from 1997.  Over 60% of those trafficked into sex work are adolescent girls in the age group of



In the 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands or even millions of women and girls from continental Europe and Japan were trafficked into British India, where they worked as prostitutes servicing British soldiers and local Indian men.

Prostitution is widespread in India, although it is currently a contentious issue.

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