By Freedom Firm (local partner) and Free a Girl | -
This project aims to rescue girls that are being sexually exploited in brothels in India. The following case gives a glimpse into what these girls face and what it means for them to receive support and training after being rescued.
Prisha* was rescued in September 2014 by the rescue team along with local law enforcement from Pune’s red-light area. Unlike most other girls who are forced into prostitution by their families, Prisha was kidnapped and then sold to her brothel keeper. At first, she refused to work but then thought it would be good to save money and run away. She was never given any money but was given food and clothes in exchange for having sex with customers.
After her rescue, Prisha was placed in a short-stay home for rescued women where she participated in several vocational courses and built her skills and confidence. She was recently selected as a hotel management trainee and after her training, she will be placed in a 4 or 5-star hotel. She told the social worker, "whatever I wanted, the kind of environment I wanted to work in, and that’s what I got. I am very happy, and I can’t wait to begin work."
Prisha completed her training in January and joined the hotel as full-time staff. In a recent conversation with Freedom Firm’s social worker, a partner of Free a Girl, Prisha sounded extremely happy and well adjusted to her new life.
We would like to thank the supporters of this project for contributing to enabling such positive outcomes for girls like Prisha. After surviving being forced into prostitution in a brothel and dealing with the traumatic experiences, it is often very difficult for girls like Prisha to reintegrate an become mainstreamed into society again. Finding a job can be very difficult given the stigma associated with being a survivor of forced prostitution. Interventions such as these, which include vocational training and lifeskills and sexual and reproductive health and rights trainings, are therefore much needed for girls to obtain jobs and gain awareness, independence and self-sufficiency.
*The name has been changed to protect the identity of the survivor
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