Amirbi Sikander Sheikh

Womens Life

Amirbi is a madame who runs a brothel at the Swaroop Talkies area in Sangli, Maharashtra. The red light area has the second highest number of HIV/AIDS patients after Mumbai. But she wants to change that. She runs what she calls a ZERO budget school for sex workers where they are taught English, Hindi, Maths and basic life skills. Empowered with education, the women are now sending their children to government schools and some of these children now help educate their mothers.