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25 Jun 2020

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Bdnews24.com

Bangladesh: Sex workers beaten, threatened as they are unable to pay their brokers due to loss of business amid COVID-19

"Bangladesh sex workers face hunger, abuse as coronavirus hits trade", 27 June 2020

Bangladesh is home to about 100,000 sex workers and charities estimate that seven out of 10 are struggling to survive, three months after the country shut down to stop the spread of the virus.