REPORT ON SEX WORKERS- SONAGACHI,KOLKATA
Sonagachi is a neighbourhood in Kolkata, India, located in North Kolkata near the intersection of Jatindra Mohan Avenue (north of C.R. Avenue) with Beadon Street and Sovabazar, about one kilometer north of the Marble Palace area.
Sonagachi is the largest red-light district in Asia with several hundred multi-storey brothels and an estimated 7,000 sex workers (2020) contained within the area.
Several NGOs and government organizations operate in Sonagachi for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) including AIDS. The book Guilty Without Trial by the founders of the NGO Sanlaap based much of their research into human trafficking in India on this area.