"About 52 lakh children are living in 1100 redlight areas of the country which harbours about 2.3 million sex workers. More than 85 per cent of sex workers are illiterate. Having limited financial resources they are unable to send their children to schools, the BPUS President said and stressed the need for saving these children from the atmosphere of the red light areas."
- Evesindia (Original)
"India currently has 1,262,600 (12.6 Lakhs)children orphaned by AIDS.
This will double in just a few years, will reach 27 Lakhs by the end of the
decade, and continue to rise beyond that."
- Discussion in AIDS-India mailing list
Pledging girl children in the name of God
What About Education for Sex Workers Children? (Originally from here)
Festival
of Pleasure report
Conference of Sex Workers in India
Guidelines for Govt. Supported NGO
schemes
Some questions and answers on Sex Work
Future of Children Journal
Look at the 1994 special issue on children at risk
National Family Health Survey
General health. havent seen anything specific to children of sex workers. But
useful background reading.