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Article: Study unearths reality of sex trade in India: low-caste, poor women lured into prostitution. (World).
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 1, 2002
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The caste system and low social status have driven hundreds of women from their homes in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh into the sex trade, according to a recent study on women trafficking in the country.
The study, sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, found that 80 percent of women in the trade came from "socially and economically disadvantaged families." Only 15 percent were literate. It further showed that sex workers in all major Indian cities include a large number of women from Andhra Pradesh.
The research was conducted by Prajwala, a voluntary organization managed by Montfort Br. Jose Vetticattil, and Sunitha Krishnan, a Hindu activist in ...