Legalisation Of Prostitution In India Through The Lens Of Sdg’s: An Empirical Study

Abstract

Commercialization of the body of women for the purpose of self-sustenance or other economic and social reasons is called as prostitution which is an age old phenomenon of the human history. Being one of the indelible stains of contemporary society, it still continues to be a taboo and is seen with much furore. Some of the sex worker demanded legalization of prostitution and regulation thereto while others have been against the legalization of prostitution and any legal regulation in relation to the profession. This paper is to showcase all the challenges and problems faced by the prostitutes in India from the olden days. The researchers analyzed that how regularization of prostitution is dignifying the industry in the field of prostitution business and not serving the interest of sex workers in India? The researchers analyzed how the sustainable development goals and prostitution don’t go hand in hand and presented the interplay between the two through this paper. The paper further presents the unheard side of sex workers who are not favouring the legalization of prostitution and presents their idea of improving the condition of women in sex work in general. The paper is in the form of the plea against the legalization of prostitution detected through the views shared by sex workers themselves who were the part of the empirical study for this paper. The paper also analyzed the legal framework available with the help of doctrinal and non-doctrinal research methodology.