FACT- FINDING REPORT ON THE VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO FOOD OF SEX WORKERS IN THE WATGUNJ RED LIGHT AREA AT MUNSHIGUNGE ROAD (KHIDDERPORE RED LIGHT AREA)
The Fact- Finding Investigation has been conducted by a team led by Advocate Joveria Sabbah on 15.08.2021 at the Watgunge Red-light Area. The economic impact of pandemic on the sex workers has been immense. Not only have they suffered the loss of livelihood, their basic requirements of food have gone unmet during this period. The debilitating impact of the pandemic taking root in the distress areas that are the red-light areas in the State, the Fact-Finding team proposes that a policy change in terms of entitlements under the National Food Security Act, 2013 and the State Government is urgently needed, to ensure that the communities of sex workers are granted protection of their basic Right to Food under the Right to Life.