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Ruchira Gupta on CNN

March 25, 2013

Victory for Apne Aap and Women’s Movement: Landmark Anti-rape Bill Passed in India

March 21, 2013

What happened? On March 21, India’s Parliament passed an Anti-Rape Bill in which trafficking for sexual exploitation has been made…

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February 4, 2013

The larger debate on rape has continued to ignore the most vulnerable section of society: the sex workers. According to…

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December 5, 2012

About 21 million people – or three out of 1,000 people globally – are in forced labor, meaning they have…

Apne Aap in the News: Visiting CM meets anti-trafficking crusader

September 13, 2012

Wow Akhilesh,wait for Mamata, Visiting CM meets anti-trafficking crusader Akhilesh Yadav did in five minutes what Ruchira Gupta has been…

Apne Aap in the News: Vicious Backlash

August 17, 2012

Mohammed Kalam, who had been honored for his work to check the trafficking in women, at a police training session.…

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June 8, 2012

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first stop when she flew into India in May was not to talk about…

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April 29, 2012

Jennifer and Peter Buffett write on their experience in India with Apne Aap: https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120429/jsp/calcutta/story_15429734.jsp#.UM-pNXfhfTo.

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April 4, 2012

“Prostitution is not inevitable, it is only about unequal distribution of power,” said author/activist Gloria Steinem talking about “Feminist approaches…