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Dr Sunitha Krishnan
Padma Shri I Social Activist I Anti- Trafficking Crusader
Who am I
Dr Sunitha Krishnan, Social Activist & Reformer. Born in 1969, she is a chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala or ‘eternal flame’, an institution in Hyderabad that assists trafficked women and girls find shelter. The institution works towards preventing second-generation prostitution. The organization also helps pay for the education of five thousand children infected with HIV/AIDS in Hyderabad and runs 17 schools throughout the city and rescued more than 2500 women from prostitution, of whom over 1500 Krishnan personally liberated.
Prajwala’s “second-generation” prevention program operates in 17 transition centres and has served thousands of children of prostituted mothers. At its Asha Niketan center, Prajwala helps young victims prepare for a self-sufficient future. The NGO’s strategy is to remove women from brothels by giving their children educational and career opportunities. Krishnan and her staff train survivors in carpentry, welding, printing, masonry and housekeeping.
Dr. Sunitha has been awarded with fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri in 2016 for her selfless extra-ordinary work. Krishnan has sparked India's anti-trafficking movement by coordinating 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. Krishnan works closely with the government to define anti-trafficking policy, and her recommendations for rehabilitating sex victims have been passed into state legislation.
She admitted that rescuing girls is never a very safe business, sharing that she can no longer hear out of her right ear, and that she has been beaten up during interventions more than a dozen times. Her strong voice and powerful body language ensured that no one could claim to have misunderstood her points.
Who am I
Dr Sunitha Krishnan, Social Activist & Reformer. Born in 1969, she is a chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala or ‘eternal flame’, an institution in Hyderabad that assists trafficked women and girls find shelter. The institution works towards preventing second-generation prostitution. The organization also helps pay for the education of five thousand children infected with HIV/AIDS in Hyderabad and runs 17 schools throughout the city and rescued more than 2500 women from prostitution, of whom over 1500 Krishnan personally liberated.
Prajwala’s “second-generation” prevention program operates in 17 transition centres and has served thousands of children of prostituted mothers. At its Asha Niketan center, Prajwala helps young victims prepare for a self-sufficient future. The NGO’s strategy is to remove women from brothels by giving their children educational and career opportunities. Krishnan and her staff train survivors in carpentry, welding, printing, masonry and housekeeping.
Dr. Sunitha has been awarded with fourth highest civilian honour Padma Shri in 2016 for her selfless extra-ordinary work. Krishnan has sparked India's anti-trafficking movement by coordinating 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. Krishnan works closely with the government to define anti-trafficking policy, and her recommendations for rehabilitating sex victims have been passed into state legislation.
She admitted that rescuing girls is never a very safe business, sharing that she can no longer hear out of her right ear, and that she has been beaten up during interventions more than a dozen times. Her strong voice and powerful body language ensured that no one could claim to have misunderstood her points.
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