Fighting sex trafficking and helping victims to recover and to renew their lives

Interview with Tällberg Foundation Global Leader 2016 Sunitha Krishnan, Co-Founder and Chief Functionary of Prajwala, India (video)

Sunitha Krishnan is the Co-Founder and Chief Functionary of Prajwala, an anti-trafficking organization in Hyderabad, India. Ms Krishnan has been instrumental in evolving one of the most holistic rehabilitation programs for victims of sex trafficking. To date, through Prajwala’s education programs over 8,400 children of women in prostitution have been prevented from being inducted into flesh trade, and more than 16,000 women and children have been rescued and rehabilitated from sexual slavery. In her efforts to bring in larger social transformation she has pioneered various path breaking campaigns such as #ShameTheRapistCampaign. Ms Krishnan has also been at the forefront in bringing in policy changes and legal reforms for the welfare of victims of sex trafficking and sex crimes.

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