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Priti Patkar is the co-founder of Prerana (1986)[1], an Indian non-profit working on women & children, human rights and anti-trafficking from Mumbai.
Prerana
Prerana works in Mumbai's red-light areas to protect children of women in prostitution from intergenerational trafficking. It runs night-care centres, education support and anti-trafficking interventions.
Prerana reports the following, on its own site:
- 15,000 children protected from intergenerational trafficking
- Pioneering anti-trafficking work in Kamathipura since 1986
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Mumbai
- Founded
- 1986
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Prerana’s co-founders Pravin Patkar and Priti Patkar represented Prerana at the United Nations in Vienna, presenting its model for preventing intergenerational trafficking and protecting the rights of women in the sex trade, and sharing its ongoing experience intervening with victims of commercial sexual exploitation.” — Prerana. Source
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