Re: Proposed amendments to ITPA..

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Dear All,

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We, members of VIMUKTI totally supporting Dr.Sunita arguments.

Its inhuman that lettting off the clients in the pretext of HIV/AIDS.The

proposed amentment of punishing clients is a long cherished demand from the

women Sangas/feminist groups and activists but its unfortunate that some

Activist friends/groups opposing it.

Some of the organisation like Darbar Mahila Samakya and Sakshi (CARE supported)

of Andhra arguing that victims would be protected only through legalisation and

feel prostitution is one of the sources for livlihood for women in crisis. The

afore said groups have made their representation before the Parliamentary

Sub-Committee last year (We too meade our representation there). But today their

back drop leaders argue strangely against today.

As Dr.Sunita criticised we all need to condem the attempts of Condom

Manufacturing Companies & Pharmaceutical Companies for implement their hidden

agendas to market their their products.

Particulalry of those prominent group of people who keep on changing the

organisations to promote their hidden agenda, " legalisation in India " . These

groups utilise the organisations supported by the government like NACO,SACS etc.

to propmote their own interests.

Radha

Convener-VIMUKTHI

(A State level CBO with VOCSETs)

e-mail: <vimukti_cbo@...>

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Dear Forum

I entirely agree with Ashok on this.

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And its not just a question of gay men. All minorities, including sexual

minorities (who are incidentally much poorer than the people on this forum

sometimes) are threatened by the likes of such people who are turning back the

debate of HIV and AIDS into the black era of nism.

I thought India particularly – in the stewardship pf the likes of Mr Prasada Rao

in the past to Ms Sujatha Rao at present have clearly adopted a line of – may I

say ‘sexuality secularism’ … and still we have so many agreements to such

thoughts of the people (to me masquerading as human beings with open minds – and

may even be doctors who may not have taken the Hippocratic oath).

What I appeal to all is - let’s not agree to this retrogressive thinking so

easily… we are resilient – and let us be.

Please

Ramesh Venkataraman

e-mail: <Ramesh.Venkataraman@...>