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Across sites, they have seized different opportunities in the areas of HIV prevention, gender equality and human rights to work collectively for both inclusion and recognition of their work and life experiences. The survey further offers a rich insight into the everyday life of the sex workers. Some of the major findings from the survey are explored below. Entry into sex work was a result of choice and a result of exclusion: While the majority of women entered sex work because of poverty, poor socio-economic conditions, violence and exploitation in marriage and other areas, we also found tha...

The first wave of reforms was introduced as part of structural adjustments in India, in the 1990s. This was based on the World Bank promoted model of limited state intervention in the health sector. The role of the state was defined as investing in public health management, focussed only on those health services characterised as non-excludable and non-rivalrous, where markets are considered to fail in efficient resource allocation. The consequence of these reforms was privatisation, soaring costs of health care with exclusion of large sections of the population from any healthcare services. ...

The Covid-19 migrant crisis showed why the state must protect living wages as a public good The wage crisis during lockdown was not a unique situation caused by the shutting of the economy – it is a core feature of India’s urban economy. Migrant workers who travelled from Maharasthra to Allahabad. | Sanjay Kanojia / AFP This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, justice and rights. The report seeks to inform public opini...

The Trials and Tribulations of Being a Muslim in Today’s India As the communal divide deepens with every passing day, Muslims in today’s India have a lot to despair about and much more to be afraid of. Photo: Reuters Rights10/Jan/2021 It both rattles and embarrasses me deeply when even my childhood Muslim friends tell me that, in the end, when the mopping up begins, all my sympathies and ideology notwithstanding, I would probably be spared because of my name – but no mercy shall be shown to them. I do not want to feel helpless like the Nobel laureate German physicist Otto Hahn....

In Surat’s power looms, ‘ease of doing business’ norms leave workers vulnerable to exploitation Wages are low, hours are long and rates of injury are high. Representative image: A scene in a power-loom factor during the coronavirus lockdown in April. | Francis Mascarenhas/AFP This is an excerpt from the sixth edition of the India Exclusion Report, a collaborative effort involving institutions and individuals working with a shared notion of social and economic equity, justice and rights. The report seeks to inform public opinion around exclusion and the role of the sta...