French photographer Bénédicte Desrus spent six years documenting Casa Xochiquetzal – a shelter for elderly sex workers in Mexico City.
Around 26 former prostitutes, aged between 55 and 86 live at the home, with more than 250 women having received help since it opened.
According to Slate, Munoz spent 20 years trying to convince the government and NGOs to open the shelter before Mexico City’s municipal government provided the building and resources.
After earning the women’s trust, Desrus teamed up with journalist Celia Gómez Ramos and the pair created a book entitled "Las Amorosas Más Bravas"(The Toughest Lovers).
One of the residents Amalia, 66, has suffered from schizophrenia for 22 years.
Laeticia, originally from Chihuahua, left her husband when he brought another woman into their house.
When this photographer was taken Paola was one of the youngest women at the shelter and still worked the streets.
Sonia was 14 when she received a bullet wound in her head after being raped.
Despite remembering her childhood fondly, Norma was abused by one of her brother's friends when she was 9 years old, as well as being assaulted by a priest where she lived.
Canela is 72 and suffers from a number of illnesses, including Down’s syndrome.
