{"id":727,"date":"2015-04-04T10:08:52","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T10:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=727"},"modified":"2015-04-04T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2015-04-04T10:10:05","slug":"the-lives-of-female-sex-workers-in-bangladeshs-daulatdia-brothel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=727","title":{"rendered":"The Lives of Female Sex Workers in Bangladesh\u2019s Daulatdia Brothel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-728\" style=\"width: 990px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/?p=727\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-728 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bangladesh_brothel.jpg\" alt=\"Still from  \u201cSex, Slavery, and Drugs in Bangladesh&quot; | Photo Credit: Phil Caller\/Vice News\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bangladesh_brothel.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bangladesh_brothel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asiajournalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/bangladesh_brothel-199x133.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from \u201cSex, Slavery, and Drugs in Bangladesh&#8220; | Photo Credit: Phil Caller\/Vice News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">According to Action Aid, there are about 200,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh\u2013one of the few largely Islamic countries where prostitution is legal and so are brothels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The largest Bangladeshi brothel and the largest bordello in the world, Daulatdia, has more than 1,300 sex workers and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/world\/daughters-of-the-brothel-20131025-2vvll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">services more than 3,000 men daily<\/a>. It is one of the 20 officially sanctioned brothels in Bangladesh, which opened around 1988, although it had unofficially been operating for decades prior to its legality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jgaltnLfxo8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">While the average age of consent for new sex workers in Daulatdia is 14, many are younger and are sold into sex work for about\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionaid.org.uk\/news-and-views\/a-dangerous-drug-at-work-in-bangladeshi-brothels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a3200<\/a>\u00a0($300), an amount they are then indebted to pay to their pimps, who are mostly older women. The cycle of work perpetuates, as boys born and raised in the brothels tend to become pimps and girls continue in their mothers\u2019 profession.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Journalist Tania Rashid\u2019s latest documentary production with Vice News,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jgaltnLfxo8&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cSex, Slavery, and Drugs in Bangladesh,<\/a>\u201c\u00a0gives appalling insight into Daulatdia\u2019s daily happenings. In conversation with Rashid, she reveals how she chose to embark on an often precarious path to uncover injustice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.india.com\/lifestyle\/tania-rashid-speaks-up-for-the-silenced-the-lives-of-female-sex-workers-in-bangladeshs-daulatdia-brothel-336930\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">http:\/\/www.india.com\/lifestyle\/tania-rashid-speaks-up-for-the-silenced-the-lives-of-female-sex-workers-in-bangladeshs-daulatdia-brothel-336930\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Published on\u00a0http:\/\/www.india.com &#8211; Produced by VICE News<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Action Aid, there are about 200,000 female sex workers in Bangladesh\u2013one of the few largely Islamic countries where prostitution is legal and so are brothels. The largest Bangladeshi brothel and the largest bordello in the world, Daulatdia, has more than 1,300 sex workers and\u00a0services more than 3,000 men daily. 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