▁the ▁surrounding ▁areas , ▁but ▁they ▁are ▁sometimes ▁tra ff icked ▁from ▁neighbor ing ▁countries ▁such ▁as ▁Nep al ▁and ▁Bang l adesh . ▁Hij ar as ▁can ▁also ▁be ▁found ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁red ▁light ▁districts ▁of ▁M umb ai . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁argued ▁that ▁hij ar as ▁are ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁high ▁risk ▁sex ▁acts ▁with ▁clients ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁believed ▁they ▁cannot ▁contract ▁or ▁spread ▁disease ▁or ▁ill ness . ▁Sex ▁workers ▁in ▁M umb ai ▁at ▁bro th els ▁and ▁other ▁commercial ▁sex ▁sites ▁are ▁visited ▁by ▁both ▁men ▁from ▁the ▁local ▁area ▁and ▁those ▁travel ing ▁to ▁the ▁area ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁employ ment . ▁ ▁Currently ▁there ▁are ▁a ▁large ▁amount ▁of ▁vague ▁restrictions ▁regarding ▁the ▁act ▁of ▁particip ating ▁in ▁sex ▁work . ▁ ▁Sex ▁workers ▁in ▁M umb ai ▁ ▁Many ▁studies ▁have ▁indicated ▁that ▁sex ▁workers ▁in ▁M umb ai ▁enter ▁into ▁the ▁sex ▁industry ▁for ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁reasons . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁inter views ▁and ▁studies ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁conducted ▁demonstrate ▁that ▁when ▁people ▁enter ▁or ▁are ▁forced ▁into ▁the ▁industry ▁it ▁is ▁usually ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁some ▁kind ▁of ▁crisis . ▁Research ers ▁have ▁used ▁inter views ▁to ▁study ▁how ▁and ▁why ▁women ▁particip ate ▁in ▁sex ▁work . ▁Through ▁these ▁inter views ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁concluded ▁that ▁female ▁sex ▁workers ▁typically ▁end ▁up ▁in ▁sex ▁work ▁for ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁reasons ▁r anging ▁from ▁but ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁mar ital ▁ab use , ▁death ▁of