The madam of Bangladesh’s oldest brothel

The title is terrible. It completely misrepresents the essence of the story.

She ran away to the brothel to escape being married off and raped yet again. She didn't know what it was. (I mean she didn't understand that this village of women was a brothel or what that meant.)

Then she became a human rights activist for the many women trapped therein who were themselves either victims of trafficking or there to escape poverty or abuse.

And as bad as the brothel is, the article indicates it's less bad than being a streetwalker. The sex workers in the brothel are at less risk of violence.

Edit: Thank you, dang, for updating the title to something better.

A few years back Al Jazeera English did a documentary on a large brothel-town in Bangladesh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFSCdWaH9Kg

no matter what you may think of Al Jazeera, the documentary seems authentic, I sure can't discern any pro or anti Qatar perspective in it.

weirdly resonant but different to the 'child soldier who became a commander' story a day ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26185287

They threw her to the wolves and she came out leading a pack, wow.

Horrific.

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