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Sessions in colleges against prostitution
By Amitabh Shukla
September 22, 2004
More and more women in Delhi are taking to prostitution as a profession, a
study conducted by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) and other women's
organisations have found. So, to buck the trend a series of awareness sessions
have been lined up in a few colleges of the Delhi University and also in
schools.
"In our meeting held recently, we decided to nip the problem in the bud before
it assumes gigantic proportions," said Kiran Walia, Chairperson of the DCW. She
said the problem started around two years back and is flourishing in the city.
"It is like drug addiction: once you are hooked you find it difficult to get
out of it. Most of the educated women do it just to earn a quick buck," Walia
said.
Counselling and awareness sessions have already been organised in a few DU
colleges and more such sessions have been planned in girls' hostels.
"It was shocking to learn that even school students had entered the trade,"
said Walia. She said the DCW was making efforts to reach out to even the school
students of the 11th and 12th Class to make them aware about it.
The three planks on which the DCW has based its awareness campaign are the
threat of diseases like AIDS, involvement with criminals and a lifelong stigma
if caught. The camps have so far been held in Shivaji and Janki Devi College.
Another session was held in a school where several schools participated.
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