Lilith
03-12-2006, 01:34 PM
(gg)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Prostitutes in the
Brazilian city of Salvador are starting up their own
radio station.
The Association of Prostitutes of Bahia state has won
government permission for the project, enabling FM
station Radio Zona to start broadcasting in the second
half of the year, project coordinator Sandro Correia
said on Thursday.
"We are not going to apologize for prostitution but we
are going to struggle for the dignity of the
profession," Correia told Reuters.
The aim was not to attract women to the business. The
station will feature programs about the trade but will
also discuss issues such as human rights, social
questions, and sexual abuse, Correia said.
"The idea is that we have diverse programs that look
at health issues, AIDS prevention, and racism, for
example," he said.
Working girls and media professionals such as Correia
will staff the station and will give prostitutes
training in an alternative job. Funding will come from
association funds, advertising and sponsorship.
Prostitution is widespread in Brazil, especially in
Bahia state and other parts of the impoverished
northeast.
International rights organizations have criticized the
country as a destination for sex tourism and child prostitution.
SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Prostitutes in the
Brazilian city of Salvador are starting up their own
radio station.
The Association of Prostitutes of Bahia state has won
government permission for the project, enabling FM
station Radio Zona to start broadcasting in the second
half of the year, project coordinator Sandro Correia
said on Thursday.
"We are not going to apologize for prostitution but we
are going to struggle for the dignity of the
profession," Correia told Reuters.
The aim was not to attract women to the business. The
station will feature programs about the trade but will
also discuss issues such as human rights, social
questions, and sexual abuse, Correia said.
"The idea is that we have diverse programs that look
at health issues, AIDS prevention, and racism, for
example," he said.
Working girls and media professionals such as Correia
will staff the station and will give prostitutes
training in an alternative job. Funding will come from
association funds, advertising and sponsorship.
Prostitution is widespread in Brazil, especially in
Bahia state and other parts of the impoverished
northeast.
International rights organizations have criticized the
country as a destination for sex tourism and child prostitution.