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Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) is an Indian social activist and chief functionary and co-founder of Prajwala, a non-governmental organization that rescues, rehabilitates and reintegrates sex-trafficked victims into society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=IBN Live )〕 Ms. Krishnan works in the areas of anti-human trafficking, psychiatric rehabilitation and social policy. She has worked relentlessly to bring about a change in the attitude of India’s government for victim-friendly policies as well as awareness regarding sex trafficking, through political, legal and media advocacy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=MSN India )〕 Her organization, Prajwala, has an international reputation and Ms. Krishnan is regularly consulted, in addition to the Indian authorities, by the United Nations and the US government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= Reader’s Digest Asia )〕 She is making it possible for India's government and citizen’s organizations to manage jointly a range of protective and rehabilitative services for women and children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ashoka India )〕 ==Early life== Krishnan was born in Bangalore, to Palakkad Malayali parents Raju Krishnan and Nalini Krishnan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Hindu )〕 She saw most of the country early on while traveling from one place to another with her father, who worked with the Department of Survey which makes maps for the entire country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Ashoka India )〕 Krishnan was a precocious child. Her passion for social work became manifested when, at the age of 8 years, she started teaching dance to mentally challenged children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= The Hindu )〕 By the age of 12, she was running schools in slums for underprivileged children.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= The Hindu )〕 At the age of 15, while working on a neo-literacy campaign for the Dalit community, Krishnan was gang raped by eight men.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Houston South Asian Lifestyle Society News )〕 This incident served as the impetus for what she does today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= The Herald of India )〕 Krishnan studied in Central Government Schools in Bangalore and Bhutan. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences from St. Joseph’s College in Bangalore, Krishnan completed her MSW (medical & psychiatric) from Roshni Nilaya, Mangalore and later her PhD in social work.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= The Hindu )〕 To complete the fieldwork requirement for the doctorate, Krishnan took up the subject of the life of sex workers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= The Herald of India )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sunitha Krishnan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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