Apne Aap Women Worldwide

Apne Aap prevents sex trafficking by building the capacity of girls, women and children in slums and red-light areas to organize in small groups that seek and get access to education, livelihood and legal protection.

It works in Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
It has put 854 children from red-light areas in school.
It has established 59 small business cooperatives of women survivors of prostitution.
It has trained 2,000 police officers on victim-friendly investigation in human trafficking cases.
It is campaigning for a change in the Indian anti-trafficking law for the severe punishment of traffickers and buyers and budget allocations for dignified life sustaining alternatives for victims and survivors.
It sits on the Steering Committee for women and children of the Planning Commission of India and is researching the connection between caste discrimination and prostitution for the National Commission for Women.
Apne Aap means self help in Hindi.

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