Asia - India / Women of Sangli

Kamla Bai Pani - “At the age of 12 I was forced to work as a sex worker in a brothel in the neighboring state Karnataka. Now I run a brothel myself in Sangli, Maharastra. Here I also work as peer educator in my area to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS among sex workers. Now all the girls in this area know the benefit of using condoms, they even refuse clients who insist on having sex without a condom. I also run workshops in other states to train others of my community to fight against the virus”.

 

Photograph by Nilayan Dutta / Drik.

 

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