Where I am staying right now there are 30 girls between the ages of three and 18 living on the bottom floor. There are 72 women religious congregations working in the Delhi area.
Of those the SCNs are the only ones who meet with the women of the brothels. Road in Delhi to meet some of the mothers of the children of Asha Niwas.
We went to a brothel. The madam of this brothel sat on top of her bed from a small room in the middle of the brothel. She currently has 15 girls under her. The Sisters visit here to check on the young children who are not yet old enough to come to Asha Niwas.
They also check on the health of the women who are working there. Sister Beena says that the madam of this brothel encourages the girls to leave when they feel they are ready to and that she is one of the few to do so on G. One woman was sleeping as we came in with her young son. The spaces in which the girls live are smaller than closets. Some spaces were less than three feet in height.
I was assured that this was one of the cleanest brothels. For me, this was indeed the saddest place on earth today. For the girls working there, it seemed like a chance to possibly obtain something better.
