Sunitha Krishnan: Fights Against Sex Slavery
Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this courageous talk, she tells three powerful stories, as well as her own, and calls for a more humane approach to helping these young victims rebuild their lives.
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“Each year, some two million women and children, many younger than 10 years old, are bought and sold around the globe. Impassioned by the silence surrounding the sex-trafficking epidemic, Sunitha Krishnan co-founded Prajwala, or eternal flame’, a group in Hyderabad that rescues women from brothels and educates their children to prevent second-generation prostitution.
Sunitha runs 17 schools throughout Hyderabad for 5,000 children and has rescued more than 2,500 women from prostitution, 1,500 of whom she personally liberated. At its Asha Niketan Centre, she helps young victims prepare for a self-sufficient future.
She has sparked India’s anti-trafficking movement by co-ordinating Government, Corporations and NGOs. She forged NGO-corporate partnerships with companies like Amul India, Taj Group of Hotels and Heritage Hospitals to find jobs for rehabilitated women. In collaboration with UN agencies and other NGOs, she established printing and furniture shops that have rehabilitated some 300 survivors. Sunitha works closely with the Government to define anti-trafficking policy, and her recommendations for rehabilitating sex victims have been passed into state legislation.”
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