Vijayawada, June 2 -- VIMUKTHI, the State Federation of Women Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking, appealed to the Government of Andhra Pradesh to urgently protect the rights of nearly 1.33 lakh sex workers and trafficking survivors in the state.
The Federation demands community-based rehabilitation programs, legal compensation, and inclusion under all relevant welfare schemes. The demand was made by Apoorva, President of VIMUKTHI, during a state-level meeting held on the occasion of International Sex Workers' Rights Day at the Community Hall in Ranigari Thota, Vijayawada.
International Sex Workers' Rights Day is observed on June 2nd globally, commemorating the 1975 protest by sex workers in Belgium demanding...