The sex workers, representing Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, raised slogans
and took out a huge rally in the heart of the metropolis along with peers from
the Binodini Shramik Union.
The protesters said the ban would tell upon the basic human rights of over
50,000 of them and others working in Mumbai.
"The ban by Maharashtra government means thousands of dance bar girls, many of
them from Bengal, will be rendered jobless when they have registered trade
unions and protected rights," DMSC joint secretary Sapna Gayen said.
Gayen said the Indian Bar Girls Union had appealed in the Mumbai High Court for
withdrawal of the ban. "We hope the court would take a humanitarian stand and
protect the human rights of this section of society," she said.
Representatives of various trade unions, NGOs and rights bodies also attended
the rally.
