A sex worker hit by her lover (Regular client) when she refused to pay him twenty thousand taka, at the brothel in Daulatdia Ghat, in Rajbari, Bangladesh. Some of the sex workers are under eighteen and are totally forbidden to show their identity outside. The profession has made them free from poverty with the price of giving up freedom over their bodies. Part of the photo feature Requiem For Freedom, by Masud Alam Liton. April 3, 2008.

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Size: 2850px × 1950px
Photo credit: © Shahidul Alam / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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