As a statutory body tasked with ensuring the security of women in the national capital, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) is working towards a scenario where no brothel should have minors and no woman must be trafficked. Swati Maliwal, who took charge of the organisation in end-July 2015, speaks to Anoo Bhuyan on how she is striving to catalyse the mission despite odds.
Delhi’s GB Road red-light area was one of the first you chose to work on after taking charge of the DCW. Why?
As an activist, I have been visiting GB Road and have seen the pain and the immense exploitation of its women. Ending it all and rehabilitating them became my priority on joining office.
How does DCW plan to end prostitution? Is the demolition of the brothels your main agenda?
It’s two-pronged: end prostitution and rehabilitate the victims. We have written many letters to the government to re-energise the state anti-trafficking committee, to put in place a scheme for...
