Bener @mBoong. Juga di tahta suci --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" <ambon@...> wrote: > > > Di tanah suci, Arab Saudia,dan negara-negara Islam tidak kurang lonte., . > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ndeboost > To: proletar@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 10:43 PM > Subject: [proletar] Re: Poverty Drives Pakistani Women to Prostitution > > > > Dinegara makmur pelacuran ga ada ya. > > --- In proletar@yahoogroups.com, "sunny" ambon@ wrote: > > > > > http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30\ \ > 56&Itemid=197 > > > > > > Poverty Drives Pakistani Women to Prostitution > > > > Written by Naeem Sahoutara > > Friday, 11 March 2011 > > Pakistani sex workers ask God to hear their prayers > > > > It's midnight on the ninth of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic > calendar. In Karachi's red light district hundreds of prostitutes and > eunuchs are singing religious mourning poems or Nohas. Barefooted and > wearing black dresses, they beat their chests. > > > > Humera, a 25-year-old sex worker explains why. "During the first 10 > days of the sacred month of Muharram, there is no singing or sex work > here. All such activities are suspended during the sacred month. > Prostitutes themselves refuse to do such things because they know what > sacrifices were rendered by the martyrs of Islam. Instead, one can hear > religious and mourning poems being played everywhere. Everyone respects > this month," says Humera. > > > > The fact is that despite Pakistan's growing reputation for Islamic > conservatism, the country is teeming with sex workers. Karachi is > believed to have up to 100,000 female sex workers alone, according to > data gathered by Pakistan Society, a local NGO. Lahore is believed to > have as many as 75,000, almost all of them driven into the profession by > poverty. Prostitution and homosexuality are banned in Pakistan and sex > workers are often called defamatory names such as ghashti, or whore. > > > > Karachi's red light district has been around since British colonial > times. It was once famous for nurturing performing arts such as singing > and dancing, but difficult economic times forced performers to switch to > selling sex. > > > > Babra, a young singer and sex worker is happily reciting religious > poems at the gathering. "I've been reciting Nohas since my childhood. > Every year we have a mourning procession. Everyone is in mourning. Some > males will even take part in flagellation because we forget everything > during the mourning of Hussain," says Babra. > > > > Karachi resident Mohammad Shafiq watches the procession uneasily from > the other side of the road. "Our religion doesn't permit prostitution. > It is an unethical act. It must be stopped. Prostitutes are not forced > to do this. If someone wants to help them, OK, give them financial > support but don't use their services," he says. > > > > A group of young people form a security ring around the participants > to allay fears of an attack by a vigilante Islamic group. "If people > hear me reciting a religious poem they might beat me," says Baba, with > fear visible on her pale face. > > > > Akhtar Balouch, a journalist conducting research on male and female > prostitutes, says Pakistani society has double standards. "Pakistanis > don't want to disclose having relations with sex workers or their > tendencies toward sex (outside wedlock). But, it's a fact that many > people in our society have sexual relations," he says. > > > > Commercial sex in Pakistan was banned in the early 1970s by then Army > dictator General Zia ul Haq. "Zia was a so-called Muslim who tried to > convince people he was a rigid religious person," Akhtar said. "That's > why he banned red light areas. But, what happened? Now, in each and > every colony you can find prostitutes. Just make a call and it won't be > a problem to have a girl for sex." > > > > Mirza Aleem Baig, president of the Gender and Reproductive Health > Forum, an organization that helps female and male prostitutes, says many > Pakistanis become sex workers because they have very little choice. > > > > "One type of is hereditary; a mother, then her daughter and then her > daughter. Others are poverty stricken and don't have enough to eat or > drink. A father might unwillingly bring his daughters here and hand them > over them to a pimp who will pay them US$400 to $500 a month. Some > daughters also offer themselves for sale because their siblings are > hungry. Many such girls financially support their families through > prostitution," says Baig, who calls the brothels a "market of miseries." > > > > "I don't call it the bazaar of beauty but the bazaar of oppressed > women, the bazaar of orphans and the bazaar of diseases. These women > don't love their clients. When a customer comes they ask them to do the > work in a hurry. That's only because this will light stoves in their > houses," she says. > > > > The silent journey of faith by the sex workers ends when they reach > Sangeet Mehal or the Music Palace. Fifty-year-old sex worker Hina says > they hope this year will bring them blessings. > > > > "It's wrong that people say our prayers will not be answered and > religion is the property of a single person. I'm firm in my belief that > Allah responds to our prayers faster than other people because he knows > we are helpless and vulnerable. Whenever I beg, he has honored my > prayers," says Hina. > > > > This article was first broadcast on Asia Calling, a regional current > affairs radio program produced by Indonesia's independent radio news > agency KBR68H and broadcast in local languages in 10 countries across > Asia. You can find more stories from Asia Calling at www.asiacalling.org > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
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