Most MMCWA members have husbands who benefit directly from their investments in the sex industry. How are they going to deal with loss of income?
The [him] moderator finds "working on contract" such a pleasant euphemism for exploitative debt bondage.
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Women told to clear out from brothels and massage parlours in 15 days
Independent Mon News Agency
10 July 2007
Women working in massage parlours, restaurants and brothels in Mon state have been ordered to clear out in 15 days by the Myanmar Maternal and
Child Welfare Association (MMCWA).
The directive was given in the beginning of this month and many restaurants, massage parlours and brothels were ordered to close.
"No house was opened in Taung-Wine and Myaing-thar-yar quarter. The sex workers and the female staff in restaurants and massage parlours have been wandering on the streets without jobs," a Myaing-thar-yar resident said.
But some are still opening in the central of Moulmein (Mawlamyine), the capital of Mon State.
Not only in Moulmein , but Myou-taw-oo restaurant, massage parlours and restaurants in Kawkhapone village in Mudon Township and Thanpyuzayart
Township have been closed.
"Myou-taw-oo in Mudon was closed after the order was passed," said a customer. Myou-taw-oo had about 30 women and it was owned by the Union
Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) leader, U Thaung Kyi.
Most of the women are from Rangoon (Yangon), and upper Burma . Some of them were working on contract. Although the staff in these restaurants
were paid around Kyat 30,000 Kyat per month by the owners, they made about Kyat 300,000 Kyat from customers, said a Myou-taw-oo staff.
A majority of the owners of restaurants massage parlours, and brothels are USDA members and people who are close to military government officers.
Although the government mounted pressure on the brothel houses, massage parlours and restaurants, the number such establishments increased in
recent years in Mon State .
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