Discussion
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability and plight of sex workers across the world.
Which among the following statements are true about the recent advisory related to sex workers issued by NHRC (National Human Rights Commission) ?
Statement I :
NHRC advised to change the current statutory status of sex workers from 'informal workers' to 'Women at work'.
Statement II :
The advisory says that such workers may be provided benefits on humanitarian grounds that are entitled to informal workers.
Choose the correct option :
Answer: B
Only Statement II is true, so the answer is Only II.
The NHRC's advisory of October 2020 on the rights of women in the context of COVID-19 recommended that women in sex work be recognised as informal workers and registered, so that they could receive the benefits and relief available to informal workers, on humanitarian grounds (Statement II).
Statement I reverses this: sex workers had no statutory status as informal workers that the advisory proposed to change into 'women at work'. The advisory sought to bring them into the informal worker category, not out of it, so options accepting Statement I are wrong.
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