reportagebygettyimages:‘Narrow alleys, enclosed by towering, decayed brothels and bright market stal
reportagebygettyimages:‘Narrow alleys, enclosed by towering, decayed brothels and bright market stalls form together in a confusing, colorful maze. This is Sonagachi, Kolkata - home to Asia’s second largest red-light district. The neighborhood exists as a sprawling, illegal network of organized gangs, traffickers and victims - a place where reporters and outsiders are threatened away by violence, politicians and police are bribed or complicit; and where an estimated 13,000 prostituted women, often under the age of 18, are effectively raped every day.’- Photographer Souvid Datta documented the hard life of women forced into prostitution in Kolkata, India. He won a 2015 Getty Images Editorial Grant to continue the project by following the trafficking routes that bring girls to the brothels. Read More. -- source link