Articles and Videos

Published Works and Contributions

Occupy Wall Street What Would Mahatma Gandhi Say, The Guardian, 2011
Big Porn Inc., Spinifex Press, 2011
To Let/For Sale, Outlook Magazine, 2011
Seminar Symposium: Minorities and Pluralism, Issue 621, May 2011
Michigan Journal of International Law, 2011 Symposium: Successes & Failures in International Human Trafficking Law, 2011
Manual for Prosecutors to Confront Human Trafficking, UNODC, 2008
Manual for Law-Enforcement Officers to Confront Demand for Human Trafficking, Maharashtra Police and UNIFEM, 2007
Trafficking Trends in South Asia, Regional Voices: Transnational Challenges, Stimson Centre, 2009
Paul Merton in India, BBC, Channel 5, UK, 2008
Land of the Missing Children, Channel 4, UK, 2005
Saffron Warriors, Channel 4, UK, 2003
Trafficking and Women’s Human Rights in a Globalised World, Oxfam, Issue: Gender and Development, 2003
Rape for Profit (Life in the Mumbai Brothel), News Night, BBC, 1999
Kali’s Smile, Radio 4, BBC, 1998
Shiva's Wedding, Radio 4, BBC, 1998
Zero Hour, BITV, 1994
The Selling of Innocents, CBC and HBO, Emmy winning documentary on sex-trafficking from Nepal to Bombay, 1995-96
The Brotherhood, The RSS, BBC, 1993

News

Traffickers pay Rs.2,000 – 5,000 for each child in the village

National Human Rights Commission, India

Ashley Judd, Actress/Activist:
"Ruchira Gupta is well versed in the reciprocal cycles of poverty and exploitation, and how gender inequality sets the stage. Her NGO is based on two Gandhian principles: Antodaya (power to the last wo/man) and Ahimsa (non-violence), and which says so eloquently that the destruction which happens in the soul of an abuser is absolutely equal to the victimization of the abused. She operates the NGO right in the ‘hood,’ inviting anyone to join. They teach their members self reliance, self efficacy, self respect, self love. It’s capacity building of the most essential sort."
Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn, Authors,"
Half the Sky":
"Ruchira is a hearty, loquacious woman with brown skin, black hair and an infectious manner… Ruchira Gupta and her staff at Apne Aap are part of a growing abolitionist movement that is forming around the world and having a real impact on sex slavery."
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Laureate:
"It is Ruchira’s tiny NGO that is making a difference in the world. I visited India on the invitation of her NGO, Apne Aap, which works with women and their children who live in red light districts. No government can limit or repress such small organisations."