Price Of Prostitution Around The World: What's The Price Tag On Sex Work In Your Country?
According to a 1991 Inter Press Service report there are over 2000 brothels in Colombo alone, with an estimated 50,000 prostitutes in and around the Sri Lankan capital Inter Press Service 10 Dec.
1992, 31 , and court proceedings, which are public and take place in an adversarial setting, further discourage women from pressing charges Coomaraswamy 1990, 150.