Whether the government should legalize prostitution is a huge debate among intellectuals and activists working for the cause. While some countries have legalized prostitution, where the government has decriminalized brothel-owning, pimping, buying and renting of women’s bodies, India still stands far from it, both legally and culturally. Legalization of prostitution means that government regulates how, […]

Fatima Khatoon is an extraordinarily gutsy woman. Belonging to the Nutt community, where families make their girls get into sex trade, Fatima chose a different path — that of rescuing and rehabilitating sex workers. It’s been about a decade that Fatima has been working to eradicate human trafficking and sex work  in her village of Forbesganj […]

At a recent event, some survivors of human trafficking spoke, giving us a glimpse of their traumatic journey and the lifelong scars that remain.