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December 29 The ambiguous legal status of prostitution in India is set to become muddier as a new law threatens the existence of the world’s oldest profession.Another proposal in the law in Section 3 states that,  “Any person who keeps or manages, or acts or assists in the keeping or management of, a brothel shall be punishable on first conviction with rigorous imprisonment for a term of not less than two years and which may extend to three years and also with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three years and which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine which may extend to two lakh rupees”. What this basically means is that the landlord of a brothel and any relative of a prostitute above 18 years of age and financially dependent on her, can be imprisoned. How stupid is that? If you want to declare prostitution illegal then do it, so we can at least contest that in the courts; it’s nothing but a roundabout way to make prostitution unviable.Through our work at G.B. Road, we’ve been able to cut down on child trafficking prevalent in this area; this evil has been rooted out only because of our consistent efforts. We would have to deal with the same problem again if this business was made unviable. As it is, these women exist at the fringes of the society; if this law comes into effect they would be forced out on the roads, deprived of their support structure and their access to NGOs. Many would then resort to begging, or even have unprotected sex, leading to increase in AIDS cases, and years of work of various NGOs in combating the disease will be wasted.....Continue TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://iipm-management.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1C6C0EC30CCB71E0!210.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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