Life of a Social Worker
Prerana is able to do what it does today because of its frontline staff, the social workers, who put their hearts and minds into their work. They are the team's backbone, and as part of their work, they constantly interact with women, children, and other stakeholders in the red light areas, convert…
How did Prerana intervene to prevent intergenerational trafficking into the sex trade?
35 years ago, when Prerana began it’s interventions there was a cycle of intergenerational trafficking - where every child born to a prostituted women was a free recruit into the sex trade and its allied activities. Prerana came up with the novel idea of a Night Care Centre where the children of th…
What happens to a victim post-rescue?
In the late 90s and early 2000s mass raids were conducted to rescue women and girls in the red light areas. There was significant importance given to the rescue, while barely any regard to what happened to victims post their rescue. A lot of these women and girls were rescued to only get trafficke…
How is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation rescued?
In this episode Dr.Pravin Patkar, the co-founder of Prerana helps us understand what happens during search and rescue operations of victims of commercial sexual exploitation and the role of various stakeholders including civil society in these processes. We answer questions like, What is rescue? …
How has the HIV Epidemic and the Covid-19 Pandemic affected women in the sex trade?
In the late 1980s and early 1990s in India, HIV/AIDS epidemic was growing at an alarming rate and particularly in the red light areas in the country. Many women in the sex trade faced discrimination, stigma, and suffered due to the lack of proper medical treatment. And more recently in the year 202…
Is Prostitution Legal in India?
Co-founder of Prerana, Dr.Pravin Patkar helps us understand what is prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation and as a country how we deal with it. We answer questions like, Is prostitution legal in India? What is the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act? Can a woman be punished for selling …
What are destination crimes of Human Trafficking?
Destination crimes are the purpose for which individuals are trafficking.These include prostitution, slavery, servitude, bonded labor, indentured labor, organized beggary, human organ harvesting and trading, mail brides, sex tourism, adoption/baby-selling rackets, illegal commercial surrogacy, etc …
What is Human Trafficking?
Kashina Kareem, Assistant Director of Prerana and host of Humans Not For Sale unravels the truths and misconceptions around human trafficking with Dr Pravin Patkar, the co-founder of Prerana. We answer questions like, What happens when someone is trafficked? Who are the most vulnerable? What i…
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Humans Not For Sale by Prerana explores human trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The show is hosted by Kashina Kareem, Assistant Director of Prerana, a non-profit and civil society organisation that has worked in the red-light districts in Mumbai for over 35 years to protect the childr…