FEMALE PROSTITUTION IN PAKISTAN: AN INSIGHT OF MARGINALIZED WOMEN

Sidra Jabeen Khan

INTRODUCTION Explore issues Taboo culture Brothels Society’s dark side Research problem: issues & causes

RESEARCH QUESTIONS What are the issues of these women? What are causes of these issues? Is kidnapping and forcing also leads to

prostitution? Does feudal system in Pakistan

prospers this profession? What is the role of unemployment in

extending this profession?

HYPOTHESIS“To create awareness among people

about these females issues and to bring out their actual problems so they can be understood better and in that

way Government should provide them means to leave this profession”

METHODOLOGY/SOURCES Articles Thesis Cases Literature In-person interviews

FEMALE PROSTITUTION Strictly prohibited Red light area Male chauvinism & female’s

propaganda Unrespectable Cast out of social circle Individual call girls

ISSUES OF MARGINALIZED WOMEN Corrupt society Getting a job Poverty Social issues Injustice Immoral and unethical attitudes

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Profession for money Cases observed Rural or remote areas Private matter

POVERTY Most driven and crucial factor Can’t quit No other means of income 28 year old prostitute & Dancer: Shehla“my past is my curse, I have no way out” Dilemma of society Blind end

ILLITERACY AND IGNORANCE No education Kidnapping Black mailed Sold out Married Trafficked to foreign countries Ignorant parents Example of a girl: Jiya

FEUDAL SYSTEM Powerful Wealthy Exploits women Victims Never allow masses to be educated &

employed Poverty of people Evil curse

LOW LEVELS OF UN-EMPLOYMENT Marginalized class Evil cults Hotspots for call girls Example: Naina

FEARS & NO RIGHTS OF FEMALE PROSTITUTES

Live in fears No rights Not recognized Considered as dirt No man marries them Live in paranoia Born in red light areas

SOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ASEAN member (Pakistan) Public awareness on big scale Eliminations of Prejudice against Women Shelter and Residence to Prostitutes Legal Mechanism for living a decent life and

Society Setting up of Counseling and Trauma

Centers Making rights for female prostitutes

CONCLUSION Quite common Poverty Illiteracy Fast expansion Fear Way in, no way out Government’s responsibility

BIBLIOGRAPHY Hussain Lodhi (2012) Prostitution in Pakistan News Mug

December 03-2012 Sehrish Wasif (2012) What Drives Prostitution, Daily Express

Tribune dated 14-09-2010. Amna Siddiqui (2011) Criminalized Buying of Sexual Services in

Pakistan Online dated 06-09-2011. Amjad Hussain (2013) Exploring the issue of runaway women in

Pakistan: a call for social and legal change (Journal of Law and Social Research (JLSR) No.4 (2013) pp. 59-72)

Ghulam Saghir Shahid (2009) Do Male Attitudes Obstruct Female Participation? The Case of Education and Labour Force Participation in District Lahore, Pakistan (The Hague, the NetherlandsNovember, 2009)

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