1.6 Crore Women forced into the sex trade in India

A 50% rise from 1997  

International Sex Worker Day  March 3

Dasra, India’s leading strategic philanthropy foundation, The Hummingbird Trust and Kamonohashi Project launch “Zero Traffick”, a report on sex trafficking in India.

Despite increasing public outcry about violence against women in India, systematic large scale abuse in the name of commercial sex work remains socially acceptable.

The report aims to draw attention to the growing victimization of women, highlights high impact non profits working on the issue and the outlines the role of philanthropy in scaling their efforts.

**   30 lakh women (2.48 %) are engaged in commercial sex activity (CSA) in India, a 50% rise from 1997

**  More than  60 % of those trafficked into sex work are adolescent girls in the age group of 12 to 16 years

**    Above 35 % girls in India enter CSA before 18 years of age

**  India has about 3 lakh brothels in 1,100 identified red-light areas.

**   More than 25% of women in CSA in India are situated in Maharashtra (14.20 %) and West Bengal (13 %)

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