Health Issues India

The global COVID-19 pandemic has created disruption to everyday life unprecedented in recent memory. Nobody’s life has been untouched by the pandemic. However, for marginalised groups, the disruption is acutely felt - and one group hit especially hard by COVID-19 is sex workers.  Estimates as to the number of sex workers in India vary. A 2016 UNAIDS survey posited the figure to be 657,829 although, as a report published in The Guardian noted, “the true number is likely to be much higher.” Others posit figures between 800,000 and three million. One estimate puts the number of commercial sex workers in India as high as ten million. Statistics tell only so much, however. For sex workers, life was hard even before the COVID-19 pandemic - and life has become harder since. Access to healthcare - or lack thereof - is a significant challenge.  Limited accessibility to healthcare is an issue sex workers regularly face despite, as a 2017 study emphasises, “commercial sex workers...are a … Read Full Article about Sex workers and their invisible plight