Sex workers want recognition
Leaders of Sex Workers Network of Bangladesh, an alliance of different organisations of sex workers, yesterday demanded the state's recognition of their profession to protect their rights and develop life standards.
They placed the demand at a press conference at the Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) auditorium in the city yesterday.
They organised the press conference protesting the Election Commission's (EC) decision to not include their occupation in the application form for voters.
Reading out a written statement, the alliance President Jaya Sikder said the EC took an initiative to include their profession like other professions in the voter application form where voters fill in their occupation.
But later the EC discarded the initiative for unknown reasons that drove the situation into darkness, she added.
“We have to face harassment and torture at every stage of society due to absence of the state's recognition of our profession. So, the state's recognition has become urgent for our survival,” she said.
She also urged the civil society, donor agencies and human rights activists to extend their cooperation for the rehabilitation of sex workers.
Alliance General Secretary Hena Akhtar, Treasurer Evan Ahmed Katha, former president Momtaz Begum, former general secretary Shahnaz Begum, among others, were present at the press conference.
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