Activist, author, and film producer Sunitha Krishnan is the founder of Prajwala — Asia’s largest institution combating sex trafficking and sex crime. A recipient of the Padma Shri, Krishnan has been recognized as a Trafficking in Person Hero by the US government and was one of Newsweek’s 150 "Fearless Women in the World." The therapeutic community of safe shelter homes established by her are considered an international best-practice model, and have ensure the dignity and lives of thousands of adult and child sex-trafficking survivors.

Krishnan has also played an instrumental role in drafting several victim-centric policies, including the first ever anti-trafficking policy in India, a policy for minimum standards of care, a sex offenders registry and the introduction of video conferencing to record evidence of a trafficked victim. She has also worked to create several comprehensive training manuals and handbooks for law enforcers, the judiciary and other duty bearers of India’s anti-trafficking ecosystem.

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