On
the
occasion
of
International
Sex
Workers'
Day,
on
2nd
June.
Actress
Mahika
Sharma
reveals
about
facing
challenges,
after
her
friendship
with
adult
star
Danny
D
got
viral.
Mahika
said,
"It
was
quite
challenging
phase
in
my
life.
When
people
assumed
me
to
be
a
sex
worker
just
because
I'm
friend
to
Danny
D.
They
started
assaulting
and
discriminate
me
without
having
a
fact
check.
For
a
society
it
is
very
easy
to
dishonour
a
girl.
With
lot
of
happening
in
my
life
I
tried
to
stay
strong
and
collect
all
the
pain
and
emotions
to
compare
how
miserable
life
a
sex
worker
must
be
surviving.
Then,
I
took
a
stand
to
create
some
awareness
and
welfare
for
them."
The
actress
known
for
featuring
in
television
shows
like,
Ramayana
and
Tu
Mere
Agal
Bagal
Hai,
says
its
must
to
help
them
to
quit
the
profession
and
educate
them.
"As
the
day
honours
and
recognises
the
exploited
working
conditions
of
sex
workers.
Sometimes
people
don't
behave
properly
with
sex
workers
and
they
face
violence
too.
Therefore,
it
is
important
to
create
awareness
on
respecting
them.
I
wish
to
bring
prostitution
to
end.
All
of
us
need
to
help
bringing
them
out
of
this
profession.
And
now
when
porn
is
ban
in
our
country.
Still
there
are
number
of
adult
films
are
been
released
here
with
local
artists
on
different
digital
network,
which
is
sad.
We
need
to
do
something
about
it," she
said.
For
women
in
distress
help
available
at,
Central
Social
Welfare
Board
-Police
Helpline:
1091/
1291,
(011)
23317004;
Shakti
Shalini-
women's
shelter:
(011)
24373736/
24373737;
All
India
Women's
Conference:
10921/
(011)
23389680;
Joint
Women's
Programme:
(011)
24619821;
Sakshi-
violence
intervention
center:
(0124)
2562336/
5018873;
Nirmal
Niketan
(011)
27859158;
JAGORI
(011)
26692700;
Nari
Raksha
Samiti:
(011)
23973949;
RAHI
Recovering
and
Healing
from
Incest.
A
support
centre
for
women
survivors
of
child
sexual
abuse:
(011)
26238466/
26224042,
26227647.