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Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) is an Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, a non-governmental organization that rescues, rehabilitates and reintegrates sex-trafficked victims into society. She was awarded India's fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2016.
Ms Sunitha Krishnan. One of India’s most passionate human rights activist who has committed her life to end sex slavery globally. Working as a full-time volunteer for the mission, Ms Krishnan is the brain behind Prajwala’s evolution.
Sunitha Krishnan is a well known Indian social activists working against human trafficking. Check this page to read her biography- age, husband, career, family and much more!
Sunitha Krishnan is galvanizing India’s battle against sexual slavery by uniting government, corporations and NGOs to end human trafficking.
Sunitha Krishnan has dedicated her life to rescuing women and children from sex slavery, a multimilion-dollar global market. In this courageous talk, she tells three powerful stories, as well as her own, and calls for a more humane approach to helping these young victims rebuild their lives.
The organization is the brain child of Sunitha Krishnan, who refused to allow herself to be victimized by her personal experience of sexual assault, but channelized the anger and distress of her experience into empathy for other victims of sexual violence.
A gang rape survivor turned women’s rights advocate, she used her trauma as motivation to rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate victims of sex trafficking and forced prostitution back into society, creating an organization that has positively impacted the lives of more than 17,800 women and children.
Nov 6, 2009 · Sunitha Krishnan shared heartbreaking stories about some of the 3,200+ girls she has rescued from Indian brothels with her organization Prajwala. Through education, rehabilitation, and job training, she helps to restore hope and dignity to victims, and she encourages us to empathize with and acce...
Dec 9, 2009 · READ MORE: Sunitha Krishnan explains how she finds the children she rescues, how corporate partnerships are helping rebuild young girls’ lives, why we must not remain silent and how TEDIndia deeply affected her.
Sunitha Krishnan is a passionate human rights activist from India who has committed her life to end sex slavery globally. She is the Founding Chief Functionary and General Secretary of Prajwala, India’s pioneering anti-trafficking organization, where she is responsible for strategic planning of all interventions.
