The Perna are a Hindu caste found mainly in the state of Haryana in India. [1] The Perna were a nomadic tribe, referred to as vagrant by British ethnographers, similar in background to the Nat and Bazigar communities. They were said to be a sub-group of the Dom community.

2016年11月28日 · For girls and women from the Perna caste, entering the sex trade is a normal next step after marriage and childbirth. Perna caste belongs to Denotified and Nomadic Tribes of India, who were...

2013年6月17日 · NEW DELHI — On a recent sunny day before the monsoons began, a thin woman settled to the floor in the cool shade of a nondescript apartment building in Dharampura, where a Perna community lives on the outskirts of Delhi. Seema is not normally awake in the afternoon; the Perna practice a form of inter-generational sex work, which is a ...

Among the Perna caste, girls are married after puberty and are physically abused if they then resist going into prostitution by their in-laws, who expect their son's wife to contribute to the family finances. [11]

2018年10月30日 · This article has been put together as evidence of the socio-economic existence and vulnerabilities of the Perna community in Dharampura (Najafgarh, Delhi) where prostitution gets translated as the only source of livelihood, as the …

PDF | On Jan 1, 2011, Anweshaa Ghosh published Politics of Marriage and 'Work' in Caste-based Prostitution: A Study of the Perna community in Delhi. | Find, read and cite all the research you...

2016年11月28日 · Here, in a tumble-down corner of Najafgarh, a patch of urban villages stitched into the Indian capital's fraying hem, what Sita does for a living is no secret. Sita belongs to Perna caste, and among the women and girls of this acutely marginalised community, entering the sex trade is a usual next step after marriage and childbirth.

Most Perna people practice Hinduism, the ancient religion of India. They worship and serve the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Hindus believe that by performing rituals and good works that they will attain moksha or freedom from the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

2015年1月21日 · She started yelling at the doctors and they said “sorry if we knew you were with a foreigner we would have seen you sooner.” The doctors were reluctant to help them because they were clearly from the Perna caste. This caste is marginalized and thus can’t receive access to basic human needs such as healthcare the way other Indians could.

2013年11月1日 · In the heart of Delhi, Perna women are forced into prostitution even after their marriage. The Pernas have practiced this form of inter-generational prostitution in the area for generations.