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New life: Residents of Surabaya's former red light district, popularly known as Dolly, work in a shoe factory that used to be one of the biggest and best-known brothels

The Jakarta Post
Thu, March 19, 2015

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New life New life: Residents of Surabaya's former red light district, popularly known as Dolly, work in a shoe factory that used to be one of the biggest and best-known brothels. The workshop, which employs 30 people, including former sex workers, produces 50 pairs of locally branded rubber shoes per day. The administration of Surabaya, East Java, shut down the notorious area in June 2014 and converted several prostitution dens into small-scale industrial facilities. (AFP/Juni Kriswanto) (AFP/Juni Kriswanto)

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span class="inline inline-center">New life: Residents of Surabaya's former red light district, popularly known as Dolly, work in a shoe factory that used to be one of the biggest and best-known brothels. The workshop, which employs 30 people, including former sex workers, produces 50 pairs of locally branded rubber shoes per day. The administration of Surabaya, East Java, shut down the notorious area in June 2014 and converted several prostitution dens into small-scale industrial facilities. (AFP/Juni Kriswanto)

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