Praja Dirirya Padanama based in Puttalam district in Sri Lanka operates a dropping center for sex workers. They also provide daily nutrition for sex workers and their families during the Covid19 pandemic. They use theatre to counter patriarchal narratives that discriminate and dehumanize sex workers and to create public awareness about violence and harassment that sex workers face in their daily lives.
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