2009 International Sex Workers Rights Day



The 3rd of March is International Sex Worker Rights Day. The day originated
in 2001 when over 25,000 sex workers gathered in India for a sex worker
festival. The organizers, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a Calcutta
based group whose membership consists of somewhere upwards of 50,000 sex
workers and members of their communities. Sex worker groups across the world
have subsequently celebrated 3 March as International Sex Workers' Rights
Day.

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