Sunday 25 May 2014

See Home Where sex workers go after Retiring....Retirement home for former prostitutes


The residence was opened in 2006 and is the brainchild of Carmen Munoz, a former sex worker herself who petitioned various governments and agencies for so many years before finally getting being gifted the facility by the municipal government.
Over 250 women have now been helped by the unusual facility, but living there--just like living anywhere for these women--is not always easy. This is life after the streets, the retires sex workers around the world with similar experience live out their lives in peace.


Can't put it down: Amalia, a resident of Casa Xochiquetzal, puts on makeup before going out to work on the streets of the La Merced neighborhood of Mexico City in 2010. The residence mostly houses retired sex workers, though not all of them stay that way or even intend to give it up once they move inLife after the streets: A residence in Mexico City gives retired sex workers a place to live out their lives in peace and around women with similar experiences. Women like María Isabel, a resident of Casa Xochiquetzal, who ran away from home at the age of 9 and became a sex worker at 17

Amalia who ran away from home at the age of 9 and became a sex worker at 17.
Can't put it down: Amalia, a resident, puts on makeup before going out
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Services: Lunch time at the residence, which gives the women shelter, food, and health services and in exchange the women help maintain the facilityGossip girls: Norma, who comes from Jalisco, is a cheerful woman according to photographer Benedicte Desrus, and has the dirt on everyone at the shelter
Beloved: Canela has a sad backstory. The 72-year-old has Down syndrome but has in her time at the residence become a well-known and belvoed figure in the neighborhood around Casa XochiquetzalSad tales: These are the belongings of a resident named Laeticia, originally from Chihuahua. She became a prostitute after leaving behind her husband who beat her and slept with other women along with their children
Sad tales: These are the belongings of a resident named Laeticia, originally from Chihuahua. She became a prostitute after leaving behind her husband who beat her and slept with other women along with their children.

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