What is Red-light district?
[[Image:Amsterdam red light district 24-7-2003.JPG|thumb|The red-light district in [[Amsterdam]]]] A '''red-light district''' is a part of an [[urban area]] where [[prostitution|sex work]] is concentrated. Sex work in red-light districts is either legal or illegal, but tolerated. In the [[world]] there are many red-light districts, the most [[famous]] probably being the red-light district in [[Amsterdam]], [[De Wallen]]. In the red-light district, sex workers are often helped and protected, and every month [[Medical doctor|doctors]] visit them. [[Condom]]s are given to the sex worker so they do not catch any sexually transmitted [[disease]]s (STD's). In some red-light districts, sex workers pay taxes, as in the red-light district of [[Amsterdam]]. In other red light districts, sex workers do not pay [[tax]]es, because there they are [[illegal]] and often are put on the [[street]] with [[violence]]. In some parts of [[Africa]] there are villages of sex workers where they live and [[Employment|work]], because they are not accepted by the [[people]] of other [[villages]]. ==Related pages== * [[List of red-light districts]] [[Category:Red light districts| ]] {{geo-stub}}