Celebrating International Women’s Day
FIPHK hosted Padma Shri Ms. Sunitha Krishnan, founder of Prajwala, an NGO that rescues & rehabilitates sex trafficked humans, as part of FIPHK’s International Women’s Day (Month) on 15-March in Hong Kong.
Prajwala has rescued and rehabilitated over 30000 women and children. As a forum of professionals this subject is far removed from the meeting & board rooms, not to mention an uncomfortable discussion to be had. In Sunitha’s own words globally, human trafficked for sexual exploitation is 68%. What about the rest 32%? Additionally, in her words, the fasted growing segment in Human trafficking are literate, educated and technologically capable women & man looking for job opportunities who are lured (forced labour) into the world of cyber-crime. Does this resonate with us?
We have seen in the last few months, how HK citizens were rescued from forced labour, in the golden triangle and how Indian IT professionals been lured into forced labour of cybercrime in the same region in the garb of IT projects/career. Many more countries around the world are affected. With technology making the world borderless & the tools available, this is a broader Human Trafficking issue.
On IWD, through the work done by Prajwala and Ms. Sunitha Krishnan, this is our effort to create an awareness that Human trafficking is no longer about Sexual exploitation but also forced labour that is manifested in cyber-crime that impacts everyone. Time to take note…
This event was co-hosted by our members Pushkar Sane and Reema Shankar
