Publish Date: | Tue, 22 Feb 2022 08:58 AM (IST)
Bhopal (New World Representative). There are 35 thousand female sex workers (FSW) in all the districts of the state including 1387 in the capital. In Bhopal, 138 FSWs have been registered in the year 2020 and 187 in 2021. That is, their number has increased by 35 percent within a year. On the other hand, in the survey conducted by a private agency in 2008, 29 thousand FSW were found. That is, in 11 years their number has increased by 20 percent.
The NGOs working under the Target Intervention (TI) project of the MP State AIDS Control Committee have identified and registered them. Projector Director of the committee KD Tripathi said that the process of registration is always going on, but the MP State AIDS Control Committee has released this number for the first time on its portal. The reason for this is that about three months ago, the Supreme Court has also directed the FSW to be included in the government’s free food grains scheme, which is being implemented. The work of giving ration to them will be done through the TI project, so that their identity is not revealed. The officers related to the distribution of food grains should know the number, so it has been put in the portal. According to the data of the committee, the number of gays (men having sex with each other) in Bhopal is 820. Of these, 211 gays have been registered in 2021 alone. FSW, Gay, injectable drug users are at high risk for HIV, due to which prevention activities are carried out among them through NGOs.
Districts with highest FSW
Indore– 2513
Chhindwara–2464
Sagar– 1543
Raisen– 1441
Bhopal–1387
Total in the state- 35 thousand
Districts with the highest number of gays
Indore–1570
Gwalior– 849
Bhopal–820
Jabalpur–795
Sagar– 739
Total number of gays in the state–12 thousand
Posted By: Ravindra Soni