Decriminalize sex work: Push for open prostitution
The girls come from impoverished backgrounds and are forced into this trade by their circumstances.
A mother teaches her daughter the customs of the world and teaches her shame. Sonagachi's daughter is learning the art of selling herself. Sonagachi is Asia's second-largest red-light district, after Thailand's Pattaya City, in terms of the prevalence of sex trafficking. Girls in the age group of 12 to 17 years are involved in prostitution. They please the men, for which the Kothi Dalal is paying them 150 rupees per person as their charges.