Forget Soho, give me Sonagachi: UK

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Forget Soho, give me Sonagachi: UK

The Asian Age 23rd February, 2002-New Delhi

Kolkata, Feb. 22: The British want Kolkata to teach them how the city goes about

preventing STD's and HIV. Programme in Kolkata will be used as model for

red-light districts in the UK, British foreign office minister Ben Bradshaw said

on Friday. He was impressed by the success of the Sonagachi Project for sex

workers and their children. The project is funded by the department for

international development of the UK government. " It is a model for the UK and

the world. Britain has lot to learn form it, " he said.

Sexually-transmitted diseases are on the rise in Britain. " The drugs used are

strong and toxic, so the stress should be on prevention, " he said. He promised

financial aid for the education of Sonagachi sex workers children

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