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Sep 29, 2013 · There is anger in her words – for the judiciary that she believes is failing most expectations, for the law which is sans justice, for the media that refuses to draw a line, and for the society...
Krishnan has sparked India’s anti-trafficking movement by coordinating government, corporations and NGOs into the cause. For Krishnan, kindness functions through her NGO Prajwala, which has helped many survivors of trafficking and exploitation have a new life.
Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) is an Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, a non-governmental organization that rescues, rehabilitates and reintegrates sex-trafficked victims into society. [3]
A gang rape survivor turned women’s rights advocate, she used her trauma as motivation to rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution back into society, creating an organization that has positively impacted the lives of more than 17,800 women and children.
She chatted with the TEDBlog on Sunday, to give just a little more insight on her critically important efforts against human trafficking and the sex trade, recounting the emotional journey of creating Prajwala and explaining how our silence can enable abuse.
Sep 20, 2013 · Meet Dr Sunitha Krishnan, the co-founder of Prajwala—an organisation that works to rescue trafficked women and children from a life of sexual slavery and violence. Now in her early forties,...
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Jul 5, 2022 · When she was a 15-year-old girl in Bengaluru, India, in 1987, Sunitha Krishnan experienced unthinkable violence — a gang rape at the hands of eight men. Even worse: the stigma she faced afterward. “People blamed me,” she told me during a recent video call from India.