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Once Sold Into Prostitution, These Girls Overcame All Odds To Become Lawyers & Save Others Like Them

Shweta SengarUpdated: Sep 01, 2019, 13:32 IST

Sex trafficking in India is an issue that needs to be dealt with utmost urgency. Every year, thousands of girls across the country are sold into sex slavery. The anti-human trafficking bill remains pending in the Indian parliament, even after the recent case of nine victims who went missing from a government-run shelter home, revealing the chasm between crime and authorities.

However, a few girls who were once sold into prostitution, today aspire to become leading lawyers in the country.

Survivors of the crime of Commercial Exploitation of Children (CEC) have one thing in common - the will to aim for the best.

These girls, who were once child brides sold by their husbands, some sent away families to work as domestic help into unknown houses want justice.

Once Sold Into Prostitution, These Girls Overcame Odds To Become Lawyers & Save Others Like Them

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They want to study law to become public prosecutors to stop crimes against girls in the country and they are backed by the School of Justice, which isn’t an ordinary school.

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They have collaborated with the top law colleges in the country.

The School of Justice provides education and vocational skills to girls.

“The girls with us are very positive in their outlook, but they still have a hankering for justice. That is why they are so passionate about wanting to be a part of the solution. They want to help other victims. The system has failed them but instead of being repulsed by it, they are actively working to become a part of it and amend it,” Francis Gracias, the CEO of Free a Girl Movement India, told Indian Women Blog.

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The girls are enrolled in good colleges and some appear for the CLAT exam (Common Law Admission Test).

“I sit down with our Law experts from across the country to map the skills of each girl. Then we talk to the Law Colleges and tell them, “Our girl has cleared your entrance test. But she’s a survivor of Child Prostitution and we want to partner with you to get her a good education,” she added.