Prerana is able to do what it does today because of its frontline staff, the social workers, who put their hearts and minds into their work. They are the team's backbone, and as part of their work, they constantly interact with women, children, and other stakeholders in the red light areas, converting various possibilities into realities for them. In this episode we have social workers Vaishali Karande and Reehanbaig Mirza who have been part of Prerana for over a decade now. They take us through their work while answering questions like, 

What is the exact role of a social worker?

What are the challenges that a social worker faces as part of their job?

What does a typical day of a social worker look like? And many more.  

For more information go to https://www.fighttrafficking.org/atc_blog/odip-red-ligh-area-pandemic/

https://www.fighttrafficking.org/case_studies/one-day-in-prerana-a-social-workers-perspective/

Credits 

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

35 years ago, when Prerana began it’s interventions there was a cycle of intergenerational trafficking - where every child born to a prostituted women was a free recruit into the sex trade and its allied activities. Prerana came up with the novel idea of a Night Care Centre where the children of the prostituted women would have access to opportunities and would be safe from the threats of the red-light area. Mrs. Priti Patkar, the Co-founder of Prerana, talks about the situation of these children back when Prerana started it’s work and Prerana’s model of preventing interventional trafficking into the sex trade. We answer questions like, 

What are the programs put in place in order to protect these children from intergenerational trafficking?

What is the Night Care Centre (NCC) and what does it do?

What was the response of the brothel keepers when a facility like NCC came into place? And many more. 

For more information go to https://www.fighttrafficking.org/

https://www.fighttrafficking.org/case_studies/social-work-practices-at-preranas-night-care-center/

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Credits 

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

In the late 90s and early  2000s mass raids were conducted to rescue women and girls in the red light areas. There was significant importance given to the rescue, while barely any regard to what happened to victims post their rescue. A lot of these women and girls were rescued to only get trafficked again. In this episode, Dr.Pravin Patkar the Co-founder of Prerana and case workers Geetarani Lourembam and Annette Joseph talk about the rehabilitation of victims post the rescue operation.

They answer questions like,

What happens to the victims after they are rescued?

What is the role of organisations like Prerana in the process of post rescue ?

What is Prerana’s model of Post Rescue Operations (PRO)?

What is the role of case workers in this process? 

For more information go to https://www.fighttrafficking.org/

https://www.fighttrafficking.org/atc_blog/through-the-looking-glass-with-priti-patkar-8-questions/

https://www.fighttrafficking.org/best_practices/a-holistic-guide-on-trauma-informed-care-for-victims-of-commercial-sexual-exploitation/

Note: The term "child" referred to on the podcast  legally refers to a person under the age of 18.

Credits 

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

In this episode Dr.Pravin Patkar, the co-founder of Prerana helps us understand what happens during search and rescue operations of victims of commercial sexual exploitation and the role of various stakeholders including civil society in these processes. We answer questions like, 

What is rescue?

What are the rules and procedures for a rescue laid out by the law?

How are civil society organisations involved in rescue?

For more information go to https://www.fighttrafficking.org/

Credits:

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

Additional Voice: Jishnu Guha

In the late 1980s and early 1990s in India, HIV/AIDS epidemic was growing at an alarming rate and particularly in the red light areas in the country. Many women in the sex trade faced discrimination, stigma, and suffered due to the lack of proper medical treatment. And more recently in the year 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, these women and their children suffered the same hardships all over again. 

On this episode, Ms. Priti Patkar, co-founder of Prerana discusses the overall impact the HIV epidemic and Covid-19 pandemic had on the lives of prostituted women and their children. We answer questions like, 

What was the impact of HIV on the lives of the women in the sex trade?

What role does stigma and discrimination play in their lives?

How did the State support prostituted women with HIV?

How has the COVID19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown affect the prostituted women and their children in the red-light areas?

For more information go to https://fighttrafficking.org/research/health-services-red-light-area-2019/

https://fighttrafficking.org/atc_blog/covid-kamathipura-lockdown/ 

https://fighttrafficking.org/research/covid-ras-2020/ 

 Credits 

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

Audio clips source :

 ‘Unfinished’ by Prerana 

Co-founder of Prerana, Dr.Pravin Patkar helps us understand what is prostitution and commercial sexual exploitation and as a country how we deal with it. We answer questions like, 

Is prostitution legal in India?

What is the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act? 

Can a woman be punished for selling her bodily sex?

Where does the demand for legalisation of the sex trade come from?

For more information go to https://fighttrafficking.org/faqs/ 

Credits:

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer: Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise: Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

Additional Voices: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Destination crimes are the purpose for which individuals are trafficking.These include prostitution, slavery, servitude, bonded labor, indentured labor, organized beggary, human organ harvesting and trading, mail brides, sex tourism, adoption/baby-selling rackets, illegal commercial surrogacy, etc

On this episode, co-founder of Prerana, Dr. Pravin Patkar explains 

What are destination crimes? 

Is sex trafficking the same as prostitution?

What is sex tourism?

What is the Indian law on surrogacy? 

For more information go to https://fighttrafficking.org/faqs/ 

Disclaimer : The stories presented here are based on true events. Names have been changed to protect the individuals’ identities. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is incidental and not intentional.

Credits :

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

Additional Voices : Kartik Kulkarni , Divita Oberoi, Varun Parikh and Aashna Goradia

News clip sources:

World Day Against Child Labour: Kailash Satyarthi On The Impact Of COVID-19 On Children by NDTV (June 12th 2021)

Child Labour in India by WorldVisionStir (February 16th 2009)

Human rights organisations warn of rising child labour in India amid COVID-19 pandemic by CNA (October 27th 2020)

India's shameful child labour mining for beauty industry sparkle by ITV News (February 23rd 2017)

Kashina Kareem, Assistant Director of Prerana and host of Humans Not For Sale unravels the truths and misconceptions around human trafficking with Dr Pravin Patkar, the co-founder of Prerana. We answer questions like, 

What happens when someone is trafficked? 

Who are the most vulnerable?

What is difference between illegal migration and human trafficking? 

For more information go to https://fighttrafficking.org/faqs/

Disclaimer: The stories presented here are based on true events. Names have been changed to protect the individuals’ identities. Any resemblance to any person living or dead is incidental and not intentional.

Credits: 

Producer: PRERANA C/O Exe Secretary-Priti Patkar

Conceptualised by Dr Pravin Patkar & Kashina Kareem

Host & Exe Producer– Kashina Kareem

Content & Expertise – Dr. Pravin Patkar

Creative Director: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Senior Producer: Divita Oberoi

Junior Producer: Nikkethana Kamal

Sound Design & Mix: Kartik Kulkarni

Sound Editor: Yash Hirave

Graphic Designer: Alika Gupta

Additional Voices: Kartik Kulkarni, Divita Oberoi and Husein Haveliwala 

News Clip Sources:

Rescuing India's Stolen Girls by CNA Insider (Jun 30th 2016)

Human trafficking: The lives bought and sold by BBC Hindi (Aug 11th 2015)

Caged until 'broken': life for Mumbai's prostitutes by Channel 4 News (Sep 9th 2014)

Life of sex workers inside Mumbai’s Kamathipura during the coronavirus lockdown by Mumbai Live (Jun 11th 2020)

DNA exposes the unabated network of Human trafficking in India by Zee News (Jan 23rd 2015)

Mumbai Police Frees 20 Girls Trapped in Human Trafficking In Goregaonby Aaj Tak(July 20th 2015)

Delhi Police Nabs Chief Of Biggest Human Trafficking Racket In Delhiby Aaj Tak (Aug 30th 2016)

Humans Not For Sale by Prerana explores human trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation. The show is hosted by Kashina Kareem, Assistant Director of Prerana, a non-profit and civil society organisation that has worked in the red-light districts in Mumbai for over 35 years to protect the children born to prostituted women and help the women themselves towards their rehabilitation, social reintegration and to restore their dignity by safeguarding their rights. Tune in every week as we talk to the Co-Founders, Dr. Pravin and Priti Patkar along with the staff team at Prerana, to answer questions like, who are the people who get trafficked? What is sex tourism? How do we stop intergenerational trafficking? What are destination crimes? And more. 

For more information go to https://www.fighttrafficking.org/