Background:
In Bangladesh, the phenomenon of prostitution is spread throughout the country. There are 13 registered and authorized brothels where women and girls involved in the trade are unprivileged, abused, exploited and face a condition of powerless and vulnerability towards brothel landlords, traffickers, police as well as the mainstream society.
In the country both forced and wilful prostitution entail the denial of the right to childhood, life, liberty and personal security, their rights to adequate standard of living, their rights not to be sexually exploited and to enjoy psychological, physical and sexual health, the freedom of movement and the freedom from torture and degrading treatment.
Furthermore, widespread social discrimination, as well as government negligence, prevents the sex workers’ entitlement to citizen’s rights and all social status according to the Constitution. This means that they’re set apart from mainstream society and do not have the right to take part in the social and cultural life, to health services and personal security, to educate their children, to be recognized as a person before the law, to remedy by competent tribunal, etc.
Aparajeyo-Bangladesh started construction of a
permanent safe shelter in Jamalpur from 2020 on a piece of land donated by the Mayor of Jamalpur City Corporation. Initially the boundary wall and gate was constructed by Mr. Faruque Hossain Chowdhury, Upazila Chairman. During the construction, Mr. Engineer Nurul Islam, Founder of Hasil School & College and philanthropist visited the construction site and decided to complete the construction with his own financial resources. The safe shelter was completed and inaugurated on 19th February 2021 by Mr. Al Haj Mohammad Mozaffar Hossain, Member of Parliament, Mr. Mirza Azam, Member of Parliament, Mr. Faruque Hossain Chowdhury, Upazila Chairman, Local Government Officials, Mr. Engineer Nurul Islam and community members.
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