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I Am What I Am: A Memoir
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Westland
| Author:
Sunitha Krishnan
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Westland
Author:
Sunitha Krishnan
Language:
English
Format:
Hardback
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Categories Biography & Memoir, New Releases, New Releases & Pre-orders
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Categories: Biography & Memoir, New Releases, New Releases & Pre-orders
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OVER 30 LAKH WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING IN INDIA, WITH LAKHS BEING FORCED INTO THE INDUSTRY EVERY YEAR, SOME OF WHOM ARE AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
The eviction of women from a red-light district was the spark that lit Prajwala—literally, the eternal flame—in 1996. In the years since, the organisation has rescued 28,600 victims of sex slavery, rehabilitated 26,900 survivors, prevented 18,000 children from entering the sex trade, worked to create awareness on the harms of sex trafficking and sex buying, and litigated both to convict traffickers and to demand victim-centric policies from the state. Working with governments, the administration and police, Prajwala has helped thousands of women and children build new lives in the aftermath of sustained abuse.
I Am What I Am is the story of Prajwala’s journey and that of its charismatic, fiery founder, Sunitha Krishnan. In this powerful, moving memoir, Sunitha writes about her personal struggles as a child survivor of sexual assault, her unwavering determination to confront sex trafficking in India, the colossal odds stacked up against her mission and her unfaltering belief in a higher power to keep her steady in her fight.
Sunitha’s story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of one individual to ignite change in the face of overwhelming darkness.
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OVER 30 LAKH WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED IN SEX TRAFFICKING IN INDIA, WITH LAKHS BEING FORCED INTO THE INDUSTRY EVERY YEAR, SOME OF WHOM ARE AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
The eviction of women from a red-light district was the spark that lit Prajwala—literally, the eternal flame—in 1996. In the years since, the organisation has rescued 28,600 victims of sex slavery, rehabilitated 26,900 survivors, prevented 18,000 children from entering the sex trade, worked to create awareness on the harms of sex trafficking and sex buying, and litigated both to convict traffickers and to demand victim-centric policies from the state. Working with governments, the administration and police, Prajwala has helped thousands of women and children build new lives in the aftermath of sustained abuse.
I Am What I Am is the story of Prajwala’s journey and that of its charismatic, fiery founder, Sunitha Krishnan. In this powerful, moving memoir, Sunitha writes about her personal struggles as a child survivor of sexual assault, her unwavering determination to confront sex trafficking in India, the colossal odds stacked up against her mission and her unfaltering belief in a higher power to keep her steady in her fight.
Sunitha’s story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the power of one individual to ignite change in the face of overwhelming darkness.
About Author
Activist, author and film producer, Sunitha Krishnan is the founder of Prajwala—Asia’s largest institution combating sex trafficking and sex crime. A recipient of the Padma Shri, Krishnan has been recognised as a Trafficking in Person Hero by the US government and was one of Newsweek’s 150 ‘Fearless Women in the World’. The therapeutic community of safe shelter homes established by her are considered an international best-practice model, and have ensure the dignity and lives of thousands of adult and child sex-trafficking survivors. Krishnan has also played an instrumental role in drafting several victim-centric policies, including the first ever anti-trafficking policy in India, a policy for minimum standards of care, a sex offenders registry and the introduction of video conferencing to record evidence of a trafficked victim. She has also worked to create several comprehensive training manuals and handbooks for law enforcers, the judiciary and other duty bearers of India’s anti-trafficking ecosystem.
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