By World Policy Journal
Few imagine what happens to sex workers when they grow old. In Mexico City, Casa Xochiquetzal, a shelter unlike any other, provides them a home to age with dignity. Photographer Bénédicte Desrus and writer Celia Gómez Ramos capture this reality and follow the individual stories of these women in pictures and words.
Desrus and Ramos' Portfolio was originally published in World Policy Journal's Spring 2015. In a follow-up interview, Sophie des Beauvais interviews the two women about their expereince documenting Casa Xochiquetzal. The full video can be played below.
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Learn more about Casa Xochiquetzal here and here or purchase Bénédicte Desrus and Celia Gómez Ramos' new book, Las Amorosas Más Bravas (“Tough Love”), whoch presents intimate portraits of the women residing at Casa Xochiquetzal. Part of the sales of the book will be donated to the shelter Casa Xochiquetzal.