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Survivors of Prostitution Changed the Law in India

Huffington Post, Ruchira Gupta

In October 2006, a timid young woman in a bright blue sari named Kumkum Chettry, got up before a parliament committee in India, and described being kicked, punched, abused and raped repeatedly. Kumkum was 32 at the time, and had been in brothels for 20 years. Continue reading.

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