We had the pleasure and honor of meeting Ruchira Gupta today. Founder of Apne Aap, Ruchira Gupta is one of the leading
Emmy-winning journalist who fights sex trafficking and helps women and girls escape the prostitution system.
She has received the French Ordre National du Mérite, the Clinton Global Citizen Award and the title of Woman of Distinction from the UN NGO CSW, among other honors, for her contribution to the creation of the United Nations Fund for Survivors of Trafficking, the passage of the American Trafficking Victims Protection Act and her grassroots activism with Apne Aap. She also holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Smith College. She co-authored a book with Gloria Steinem, ” As if Women Matter “ and edited two anthologies, ” River of Flesh “ and “Renu’s letters to Birju Babu”.
Ruchira has worked for the United Nations in Nepal, Thailand, Kosovo, Iran and the USA. She occasionally teaches as a visiting professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs.
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