I do not expect any rehabilitation- A case study of a Sex worker in Dhaka City

XX is thirty. She is divorced and mother of a ten years old son. XX was born at Dinajpur district, northern part of Bangladesh. Her husband divorced her seven years back. XX has studied up to primary level. XX’s son works in a chocolate factory. She along with her son resides in . Her son does not know about her profession of brothel. XX said that five years back she used to work in a rice mill and worked there also on overtimes. One night she was called by the manager to his room to collect her wage and going there she found that the manager locked the door and proposed her to entertain him.

A Case of a sex worker in Dhaka City.

X is twenty. She is married for 5 years and mother of a four years old daughter. X was born at Island district Bhola. X is illiterate. Her husband knows about her profession of brothel and allows her to do so, as he is quite dependent on her earnings. X along with her family resides in a slum of Dhaka City railway station. She picked up this profession 3 years back. When X was in the third year of her marriage her husband brought a few of his drunken friends to their house and allowed them to enjoy sex with his wife by force and from then on X was left with no choice except brothel.

Background Information of Floating Sex Workers in Dhaka City

Brothel is the oldest profession, and the existing of selling female sex for the gratification of males is also one of the oldest vices in society (Joarder, 1984:12). Among the reasons behind the beginning and sustaining of the profession, the subordination and weaker position of women in the socio-economic structure of society can be assumed as most significant. The profession could not sustain unless there was any demand from the males. Again, throughout the history, economic interests led conflict, war, and conquest that in many respects paved the way to women’s subjugation, forced sexual exploitation, and labeling as sex workers class.

Occurrence of multidrug resistant urinary tract isolates of Escherichia coli from women lived in slum area of Dhaka city.

Urinary tract infection (UTI) are common infections; it is estimated that 150 million UTIs occur yearly worldwide, resulting in more than 6 billion dollars in direct healthcare cost(Stamm and Norrby,2001) Urinary tract infection (UTI), which is caused by the presence and growth of microorganism in the urinary tract, is perhaps the single commonest bacterial infection in mankind. Numerous report has also suggested that UTI can occur in both male and female patient with any age with bacteria count as low as 100 colony forming unit (CFU) per milliliters in urine(Akinyemi,etal.,1997).This is common in patients with symptoms of acute urethral syndrome.