The corrective homes should keep major and minors separately", Bharathi, General Secretary of Karnataka Sex Workers Union and member of National Network of Sex Workers. Despite requests to be included in the consultations, the draft bill has been made without inputs or discussions with networks, collectives of sex workers or rights activists working with sex workers. We call on the Minister to include us in all consultation", Mukta, Uttara Karnataka Mahila Okkuta and a members of National Network of Sex Workers, India. The sex workers from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh were offered Tamil and Telugu translations during the consultation. Many women and supportive activists shared that there are many concerns around the draft bill pertaining to sex workers rights.

Source: dna June 27, 2016 13:22 UTC