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Sex workers' daughters form soccer team in India's biggest red-light district

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A collective of sex workers in Asia's largest red-light district in Kolkata, India, has set up a football team to shatter stereotypes.

The Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a group of sex workers in the Sonagachhi district of the West Bengali city, has established the team in order to dispell the stigma against the daughters of sex workers.

The club – named Amra Padatik – has 13 players so far, but it has received no funding and does not yet have any sponsors.

Despite this, it is hoped it will grow and allow girls from all over the infamous neighbourhood to show off their skills.

The team's coach, Vlshwe Moyunda, says here in the video: "Now we have around 12 to 13 girls in the football team and they are regularly coming to the practice.

"In Kolkata, the girls are getting trained in a park because of some permission problems.

"We have one more sports academy in the outskirts of Kolkata."

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