A grassroots movement
to end sex trafficking
Hard Facts
Girls form the majority of 1.2 million prostituted children in India
Central Bureau of Investigation, Government of India
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Our work
- 67 self-help groups of women survivors of trafficking in Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal. These self-help groups are small social and economic cooperatives that run canteens, sell groceries, manufacture craft...
- 854 children from red-light areas accessing education through community classrooms, girls's hostels and high schools and leaning art, mime, karate...
- 1,909 police officers have been trained to investigate buyers and traffickers and protect victims...
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Our approach
We work to end sex trafficking altogether and not just to mitigate its circumstances . We do this by enabling women and girls to form small self-help groups that help that rescue themselves and transform their communities. We do not accept that slavery and prostitution are inevitable. -
Disscussion in Focus
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10 Reasons not to Legalize Prostitution
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Prostitution should not be legalized simply because it happens to the "Poor"
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Shirin EbadiNobel 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...
News
- Ruchira Addresses Students at IIT Delhi
- Apne Aap Women Worldwide Celebrates National Girl’s Rights Day
- Apne Aap Women Worldwide Hold Health Camp in Harijan Basti in Najafgadh
- Apne Aap and Equality Now launch new short film
- "Symbiosis college students in India take Shapath-Pedge to work with Apne Aap to end human trafficking." See
- Apne aap, other NGOs, Donors including NoVo Foundation respond to Crimson lies.
Read Apne Aap response
Read NoVo Response
Read NGOs Response - Apne Aap host "A Conversation with Ruchira Gupta and Gloria Steinem" in New York City. Read about the event and watch the talk!
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Testimonials
- 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 Ebady, 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."
