Brothel "Kandapara" in Bangladesh

• Brothel "Kandapara" in Bangladesh

Bangladesh - one of the few Muslim countries where prostitution is legalized. The oldest brothel "Kandapara" in Tangail district about 200 years.

Three years ago it was demolished, but was quickly restored as the National Association of Women Jurists urged the Supreme Court of the country, that the eviction of illegal sex workers: prostitution - also work, and these women do not want to do something else. But the main reason was that many were born and raised here, they had nowhere else to go after the destruction of "Kandapary". Now the area is surrounded by two-meter brothel wall. In fact, this whole area with narrow streets, where there are food stalls, cafes and street vendors trays.

"Kandapara" - a place with its own hierarchy. On the lowest rung - girls 12-14 years old, which sold to a brothel family because of extreme poverty or criminals. They belong to Madam and should pay her a certain sum, which takes a certain time from a year to five. Girls do not have free money and can not even go outside.

In the photo: A worker waits for a client of a brothel Zumaia

The guy Zumaia, on a regular part-time, hit her in the face. He's from Dhaka and comes to her every month for a week. They often fight, because he wants to marry Zumaia, and she is afraid that he will choose after the wedding all her money. They quarrel because jealous of each other to the other customers and the working women of the brothel

After repayment of debt the girls become independent. They have an opportunity to choose the customers and to have their own money. They might even leave the brothel, although this solved a few, because prostitution for people from the outside world - disgrace printing. Plus earnings from prostitutes fairly high and constant, which enables sex workers to help their families financially.

In addition to the victims of traffickers by the human body, there are those who come to a public house on their own. Many women run away from the cruel and imperious husbands.

brothel clients are all sorts of people: police, politicians, farmers, fishermen, workers, young people. Some of them are simply looking for easy sex? others stay longer in the hope of finding a permanent connection and even love. After all, in decent areas of Bangladesh the young man can not even take his girlfriend's hand in public. In the brothel it freely, paradoxically. And because you can even see how men just drink tea with the women workers (relations with the ancient Greeks hetaerae differed very similar motifs.

Photo: Kajol with the client. She thinks that her 17 years, but the exact date of birth is not knows. I have been married for nine years, and then my aunt sold her to a brothel "Kandapara". After giving birth to her son Mehedi, two weeks later the girl had been forced to start working again

This twin five days, they do not yet have names. Their mother, 20-year-old Dzhinik, working in a brothel

In the photo 27-year-old Bonn fights with another worker brothel

26-year-old Deepa crying. She is two months pregnant

Kajol six-month son and the client

A rare moment when Kajol can be alone with yourself

Regular visitors brothel - Emmanuel students and Apurbo Ulash

Asma was born in a brothel. Now she is 14, and this is her first year as a sex worker. Prior to that, she just danced in front of customers

The women waiting for work

Pakhi with the client in his room. She lives in a brothel year, now she is 15 years old. At 12 she married, then he fled. Pakhi the street picked up a man and sold to a brothel

Papia today takes two

Roni - the owner of the local shop and the son of one of the workers of the public house

The client is trying to kiss a 19-year-old Priya cheek. She works in a brothel with 17 years

The woman with the client

Pune dancing on the bed

Meglena is now 23. At age 12, she began to work in a sewing factory, where she met a man who promised her a good job for a lot of money. He sold her to a brothel