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Trends in Female Sex Work in Pakistan

This document summarizes findings from a behavioural mapping study of female commercial sex workers in Pakistan. It finds that the number of sex workers is decreasing in traditional brothel settings and increasing in street and residential settings, with various public locations emerging as access points. An estimated 99,200 commercial sex workers were found in the brothels, kothis (homes of hijras or eunuchs), and streets of three major cities. Poverty is identified as the most common driving factor forcing women into this work, as they have no other means of income. Issues of marginalized women like illiteracy, domestic violence, poverty, and injustice are discussed.

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Trends in Female Sex Work in Pakistan

This document summarizes findings from a behavioural mapping study of female commercial sex workers in Pakistan. It finds that the number of sex workers is decreasing in traditional brothel settings and increasing in street and residential settings, with various public locations emerging as access points. An estimated 99,200 commercial sex workers were found in the brothels, kothis (homes of hijras or eunuchs), and streets of three major cities. Poverty is identified as the most common driving factor forcing women into this work, as they have no other means of income. Issues of marginalized women like illiteracy, domestic violence, poverty, and injustice are discussed.

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RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE MARGINALIZED

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO

A BEHAVIOURAL MAPPING STUDY


FEMALE COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS

PROSTITUTES

KHURAM NASIR ARCH-2K14-07


BACKGROUND:
ƒ Pakistan although is a low prevalence in terms of HIV/AIDS, the sex industry in
Pakistan is changing rapidly and becoming increasingly complicated with highly
differentiated sub sectors.
ƒ The most authoritative studies available from Asia suggest that sex market is
vast and the Pakistan market seems to be increasingly contributing to the
markets in Middle East, Asia as well as to the demands from London, all under
the cover of dancing and singing troupes.
ƒ Commercial sex work in Pakistan is illegal according to the Hadood Ordinance but
mostly going on under the cover of performing art. Because of its being illegal
the whole community of female sex workers are being subjected to exploitation
by police, pimps and community leaders, therefore, these groups are need to be
involved as target audience.
ƒ There has been no effort to get an estimate for total CSWs in Pakistan and
number, nature and risk behaviors of scale of street-based sex workers
operating in major cities of Pakistan.

FINDINGS:
The number of FSWs is reducing in the traditional brothel settings and is
increasing in both the street and residential settings. Whereas hotels, parlors,
road sites, chowks and chowk crossings, markets and road sides near residential
areas, followed by parks, railway stations, mazaar’s, bus stands and hospitals
parking are also emerging as a major access venue for both FSWs and clients in
all the three cities.
ƒ With decreasing brothels and ban on dancing and singing is one of the reasons
for a broader networking and commercialization of sex work in civil society.
ƒ Estimated number of CSWs in brothels, kothi’s and streets of three cities are
99,200, which could be higher or lower.
ƒ There are connections between the Brothels and kothi’s, which are mostly an
outgrowth from the brothels. However the street-based FSWs are mostly women
coming from the main strata of the society, with no links to the brothel network.
It was only observed in Karachi that FSWs working on the streets have also
linked with managers of Kothi’s.

ƒ Two categories of work hours amongst street-based FSWs have emerged. Part
time workers those who working for a limited hours. Full time workers as being
available all day and night. Fee for part time or one time sexual services offered
are lower in Multan (50-600) as compared to Lahore (500-1000) and Karachi
(50-5000).
ISSUES OF MARGINALIZED WOMEN
Corrupt society
Getting a job
Poverty
Social issues
Injustice
Immoral and unethical attitudes

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
 Profession for money
 Cases observed
 Rural or remote area
 Private matter

POVERTY
 Most driven and crucial factor
 can’t quit
 No other means of income
 28 year old prostitute & Dancer: Shehla
“my past is my curse, I have no way out”
 Dilemma of society
 Blind end

ILLITERACY AND IGNORANCE


 No education
 Kidnapping
 Black mailed
 sold out
 Married
 Trafficked to foreign countries
 Ignorant parents

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