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‘They are starving’: women in India’s sex industry struggle for survival

Exclusion from government Covid-19 relief has left many reliant on private food donations, as fears raised over protection from transmission after lockdownRasheeda Bibi has five rupees to her name. A worker in India’s sex industry, she lives in the nar…

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Bangladesh sends food aid to sex workers as industry goes into lockdown

Up to 100,000 women could be left unable to support families as brothels are closed amid fears of Covid-19 outbreakThe government of Bangladesh has started sending emergency food and aid to the tens of thousands of women working in the country’s commer…

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