The Nanded district administration decided to rehabilitate sex workers by weaning them away from prostitution to run ration shops and give them a chance at leading normal lives.
The Rajnat community relies on commercial sex work done by mothers, sisters and daughters to make ends meet. But these Rajnat women are determined their daughters will break free from this vicious cycle by gaining a proper education.
About 2,000 sex workers, from Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, collected a sum of Rs. 1 lakh and donated it for the ongoing relief operation in Chennai. This is how they did it.
She grew up in America with a free spirit and was once an officer with US Military. While submitting her thesis on analysis of anti-trafficking NGOs, called “Victimhood Discourses and India’s Anti-Trafficking NGOs”, she ended up discovering the direction of her life. Meet Robin Chaurasiya - who has spearheaded Kranti, an NGO, to focus on helping trafficked girls escape the sex trade, heal, achieve a good education, and be self-supporting.
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