• The Kamathipura area has problems with electricity and water supply.
• Crumbling passageways and open gutters are an ideal breeding ground for contagious diseases.
• A number of unlicensed medical practitioners advertise a “special treatments” for Sexually Transmitted Diseases/ Infections (STDs/ STIs). They claim magical remedies for impotency problems as well.
• Crumbling passageways and open gutters are an ideal breeding ground for contagious diseases.
• A number of unlicensed medical practitioners advertise a “special treatments” for Sexually Transmitted Diseases/ Infections (STDs/ STIs). They claim magical remedies for impotency problems as well.
• Cinema houses and video parlours within the area openly play X-rated films, day and night.
• The inner lanes have several shops running various illegal activities like gambling dens and narcotics joints.
• Many small industries operate on the periphery of the brothels. Most of these don’t follow legal regulations.
• The inner lanes have several shops running various illegal activities like gambling dens and narcotics joints.
• Many small industries operate on the periphery of the brothels. Most of these don’t follow legal regulations.
Started in 1998, AAWC (Apne Aap Women’s Collective) is an NGO that works with one of the most underprivileged and isolated sections of Mumbai’s society - women in brothel-based prostitution and their children.
AAWC is not about changing the world; it’s about making a difference in the lives of these marginalized women and children, who are otherwise abandoned, destitute and exploited, with few resources to keep their body and soul together.
AAWC is not about changing the world; it’s about making a difference in the lives of these marginalized women and children, who are otherwise abandoned, destitute and exploited, with few resources to keep their body and soul together.
Apne Aap Women's Collective
1st lane Khetwadi,
1st Floor Municipal School,
Near Alankar Cinema,
Mumbai 400 004. India.
+ 91 22 2381 9721
+ 91 22 2381 2189
aawc98@gmail.com
1st lane Khetwadi,
1st Floor Municipal School,
Near Alankar Cinema,
Mumbai 400 004. India.
+ 91 22 2381 9721
+ 91 22 2381 2189
aawc98@gmail.com
