Speeches
- Ruchira Addresses Students at IIT Delhi
I can see there are a lot of cool men in the audience, which is very cool. I’m Ruchira Gupta the founder of Apne Aap.
First of all I would like to start by thanking all of you for supporting our cause, for standing up for a cause which is very, very, invisible in India, and for having the courage to organise, in your campus, to speak up on an issue which is so invisible. So first of all thank you. IIT Delhi is one among several colleges and several student associations which has joined in our campaign in the last one year. It was once a topic shrouded in silence but now it has been picked up by many American colleges as well. So, what you are doing is part of a global movement which we are hoping to go and go and go until we see a change in our society.
- Ruchira Speaks in Ireland
Namaste. I bring to you greetings from sisters in India, who are survivors of trafficking and are struggling to create a world in which no human is bought or sold and an economy in which one is not forced to sell oneself. They are members of a grassroots advocacy organization, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, which has formed 150 self empowerment groups in brothels, red-light districts, slums and remote villages. more ...