Prostitution in Kolkata

Prostitution in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is present in different forms and Kolkata's sex industry is one of the largest in Asia.^[1]^[2]^[3] Prostitution may be brothel-based or non-brothel based as in the case of call girls. India is regarded as having one of the largest commercial sex trades globally.^[4] Kolkata has many red-light districts, out of which Sonagachi is the largest red-light district in Asia with more than 50,000 commercial sex workers.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ Catrin Evans and Helen Lambert (2008). "The limits of behaviour change theory: Condom use and contexts of HIV risk in the Kolkata sex industry". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 10 (1). Taylor & Francis: 27–41. doi:10.1080/13691050701561393. PMID 18038279. S2CID 24642896.
^ Sinha, Sunny. “Ethical and Safety Issues in Doing Sex Work Research: Reflections From a Field-Based Ethnographic Study in Kolkata, India.” Qualitative Health Research 27, no. 6 (May 2017): 893–908. doi:10.1177/1049732316669338
^ Ghosal, Sayantan; Jana, Smarajit; Mani, Anandi; Mitra, Sandip; Roy, Sanchari (2020). ""Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels"". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 104 (3): 1–45. doi:10.1162/rest_a_01013. ISSN 0034-6535. S2CID 229182008.
^ Dalla, Rochelle L.; Kreimer, Lee M. (13 October 2016). ""After Your Honor is Gone…": Exploration of Developmental Trajectories and Life Experiences of Women Working in Mumbai's Red-Light Brothel Districts". Sexuality & Culture. 21 (1): 163–186. doi:10.1007/s12119-016-9388-4. ISSN 1095-5143. S2CID 146803616.
^ Vijayendra Rao and Indrani Gupta and Michael Lokshin and Smarajit Jana (2003). "Sex workers and the cost of safe sex: the compensating differential for condom use among Calcutta prostitutes". Journal of Development Economics. 71 (2): 585–603. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00025-7. ISSN 0304-3878. S2CID 153608532.
^ Satarupa Dasgupta (2019). "Participation as a Health Communication Strategy in HIV/AIDS Intervention Projects: an Examination of a Project Targeting Commercial Sex Workers in India". Atlantic Journal of Communication. 27 (2). Routledge: 139–151. doi:10.1080/15456870.2019.1574535. S2CID 150465047.
^ Mishra, Swasti Vardhan. “Reading Kolkata’s Space of Prostitution as a Political Society.” Environment and Urbanization ASIA 7, no. 2 (September 2016): 267–76. doi:10.1177/0975425316655653

[1] Catrin Evans and Helen Lambert (2008). "The limits of behaviour change theory: Condom use and contexts of HIV risk in the Kolkata sex industry". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 10 (1). Taylor & Francis: 27–41. doi:10.1080/13691050701561393. PMID 18038279. S2CID 24642896.

[2] Sinha, Sunny. “Ethical and Safety Issues in Doing Sex Work Research: Reflections From a Field-Based Ethnographic Study in Kolkata, India.” Qualitative Health Research 27, no. 6 (May 2017): 893–908. doi:10.1177/1049732316669338

[3] Ghosal, Sayantan; Jana, Smarajit; Mani, Anandi; Mitra, Sandip; Roy, Sanchari (2020). ""Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels"". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 104 (3): 1–45. doi:10.1162/rest_a_01013. ISSN 0034-6535. S2CID 229182008.

[India_sex-4] Dalla, Rochelle L.; Kreimer, Lee M. (13 October 2016). ""After Your Honor is Gone…": Exploration of Developmental Trajectories and Life Experiences of Women Working in Mumbai's Red-Light Brothel Districts". Sexuality & Culture. 21 (1): 163–186. doi:10.1007/s12119-016-9388-4. ISSN 1095-5143. S2CID 146803616.

[5] Vijayendra Rao and Indrani Gupta and Michael Lokshin and Smarajit Jana (2003). "Sex workers and the cost of safe sex: the compensating differential for condom use among Calcutta prostitutes". Journal of Development Economics. 71 (2): 585–603. doi:10.1016/S0304-3878(03)00025-7. ISSN 0304-3878. S2CID 153608532.

[sdas-6] Satarupa Dasgupta (2019). "Participation as a Health Communication Strategy in HIV/AIDS Intervention Projects: an Examination of a Project Targeting Commercial Sex Workers in India". Atlantic Journal of Communication. 27 (2). Routledge: 139–151. doi:10.1080/15456870.2019.1574535. S2CID 150465047.

[7] Mishra, Swasti Vardhan. “Reading Kolkata’s Space of Prostitution as a Political Society.” Environment and Urbanization ASIA 7, no. 2 (September 2016): 267–76. doi:10.1177/0975425316655653

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