And they, the Children of the Night,
Seem lost in Fortune's winnowing.
~Edwin Arlington Robinson
There is said to be over 2.8 million sex workers in India. 35% of them enter the trade as children
Sonagachi, is the largest red-light district in Calcutta (Kolkata) with over 10,000 sex workers, many of them children. A place where every day these children of the poor, will have history repeat itself again and again.
Children trafficked and sold into prostitution, the caste system of India will keep them at the bottom of their society in what appears to be a neverending cycle of despair just to survive. Their little lives learn early on how very uncaring humanity can be.
In 2010 may the light shine bright on all the childen who are exploited and abused in every corner of the globe.
Today I remember the children of India.
Photos by Shehzad Noorani
Trailer for "Born into Brothels"
Born into Brothels, by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A portrait of several children who live in the red light district of Calcutta.
Children With Cameras
Kids with Cameras was founded in 2002 by photographer Zana Briski out of her work teaching photography to children in Calcutta's red-light district.
Girl-trafficking hampers Aids fight
The trafficking of young girls who are forced to work as prostitutes has been identified as a key factor in the steep rise in Aids in India.
UNICEF
India’s programmatic approach to child protection aims to build a protective environment in which children can live and develop in the full respect of their fundamental rights.
CWIN Nepal
Innocent Victims:
Trafficking in Women and Girls
across Nepal - India Border
1 comments:
What a beautiful and heartbreaking tribute to the little ones who come into the world with no choice as to the earliest paths they'll take; those who get lost in the sins of their mothers and fathers; caught in the traffic of the unconscious. Keep shining your light in those dark places, reminding these precious little ones that they are not forgotten. Blessings to you dear Katy. xo
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