MEASUREMENT OF HEALTH DIMENSION OF SEX WORKERS’ CHILDREN: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE BASIS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN RED LIGHT AREAS OF WEST BENGAL
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Sex Workers are part of society but they are totally marginalised by rest of the society. From very ancient time to recent period sex workers and their children face so many problems in their everyday life and live a miserable life. This paper identifies Health as major dimension for development of sex workers’ children. It also identifies and measures some well-defined indicators of Health dimension as a major component of development of sex-workers and their children. This paper constructs a specific measurement of the Health attainment of sex workers’ children. This paper makes a comparative analysis of South Bengal & North Bengal on the basis of achievement in Health dimension of development of sex workers’ children through a primary survey conducted by the author in the year 2021-22. Finally this paper gives some policy suggestions for improvement of health dimension of the sex workers and their children on the basis of the present discussion.
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