Noor* lived with her mother in Kamathipura, one of the largest red-light areas of Mumbai. Several girls who are born or raised in the red-light areas resort into the same trade as their mothers. As the eldest in her family, Noor also had the responsibility of taking care of the family on her shoulders. Noor’s …

Imagine finally leaving your traumatic life to have a new beginning. Hopeful right? Razia* and Latha* moved out of the red-light area with the same hope and then the lockdown during the pandemic hit them hard. Read their story. I am Razia from Kamathipura, a red-light area in Mumbai. Latha is my friend from Grant …

When a lockdown is announced, what is the first place we rush to? We go to a grocery store to stock up. Have we ever thought about the state of our farmers whose businesses have been greatly affected during the lockdown? Daniel Jabaraj, our Programme Leader – Anti-human Trafficking – South, in Bangalore was approached …

Asmitha*, a 19-year-old from Kolkatta, ran away from home and came to Mumbai. She lived in a hospital where she met Rohit who promised to marry her. With hopes of a better life she trusted him but soon enough she found that he was already married. She ran away again after which she faced big …

In Bangalore, we work across Hallegudadahalli hub to create a safer community for all women. Our new initiative was to support women in getting easy access to health services. We collaborated with Vitamin Angels, a global non-profit working to provide health care for pregnant women and infants by distributing free vitamins. Shankari, a pregnant mother …