New Delhi: The National Commission for Women(NCW) was today urged by members of women's groups to holdwide-ranging consultations over the issue of legalisation of prostitution after its chairperson recently advocated the same.

A delegation of members of women's groups in India met NCW chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam and submitted a memorandum urging it to go in for a national-level consultation with all sections on the matter. Kumaramangalam had advocated legalising sex work in order to regulate the trade and ensure better conditions for sex workers while bringing down trafficking and lowering the incidence of HIV among them.