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At the United Nations Headquarters on October 27th, a discussion: "Countering Human Trafficking: Achieving Universal Ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children ("The Palermo Protocol") Featuring among others: • H.E. Ambassador Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the UN • Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive-Director of UNODC • Mr. Adama Dieng, Under Secretary-General and Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide • Ms. Ruchira Gupta, Founder, Apne Aap Women Worldwide • Moderated by: Ms. Simone Monasebian, Director, UNODC NY Office Video recording provided by: United Nations Audio Visual Library

Held Jan 29 - 31 2017 in New Delhi, India. The Last Girl First: Second World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Women & Girls.

Ruchira Gupta is the Founder and President of Apne Aap Women Worldwide – a grassroots organization in India working to end sex trafficking by increasing choices for at-risk girls and women. She has striven over her 25 year career to highlight the link between trafficking and prostitution laws, and to lobby policy makers to shift blame from victims to perpetrators. In this short video, Ruchira explains the approach Apne Aap takes to help women and girls who are victims of sex trafficking and prostitution in India. For more information on the NGO Apne Aap Women Worldwide or to find out how you can help these women and girls please visit www.ApneAap.org Video Editing Credit: Storm Warriors

On International Women's Day 2015, our founder Ruchira Gupta took to the podium at NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day at the historic Apollo Theatre to deliver a keynote address. Video recorded on 3/9/2015 at NGO CSW Forum Consultation Day. This is her full speech.

This year’s NGO CSW/NY Woman of Distinction awardee is our founder Ruchira Gupta. On the evening of Monday March 9th, she accepted the award at the annual NGO CSW Reception.

Footage and photos: David Goldman, DavidGoldmanPhoto.com Video Editing: Allegra Oxborough Additional Photography: Sybil Orr To Learn More visit: www.ApneAap.org

Ashley Judd is a feminist social justice humanitarian. She has been working internationally, with NGO's, Government, and supranational bodies since 2004. Presently,she serves as Global Goodwill Ambassador for UNFPA, Global Ambassador for Population Services International, and also for Polaris Project. She serves on the Advisory Boards of International Center for Research on Women, Apne Aap,and Demand Abolition. She is Chairperson of the Women's Media Center Speech Project: Curbing Abuse, Expanding Freedom

Rachel Moran is the Founder of SPACE International and survivor of sexual exploitation

Remy Leleu is a young abolitionist activist and the spokesperson for Osez Le Feminisme since 2016

Meghan Donevan is a support worker and project leader Talita, a non-profit organization offering help and support to women who have been exploited in prostitution, pornography or human trafficking for sexual purposes in Sweden and Mangolia

Shakeel Ahmad Khan is a former director of Nehru Yuva Kendra

Khushboo Mishra leads Apne Aap's field intervention, working towards empowering girls and women at risk of prostitution and trafficking. She has helped mainstream the children from marginalized communities by enrolling them to schools,organizing activities including self-defense training, in an effort to make every life count

Sudhir Chandra, Historian speaking on a theme Gandhi, Inequality and the Last Girl at the 'Gandhian Satyagraha and Women's Movements' organised by Apne Aap Women Worldwide and India International Centre (IIC) on March 30, 2017. The conference marked 100 years of Champaran Satyagraha.

Release of the second issue of journal 'Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change' themed around Satyagraha on March 30, 2017. The journal is edited by Ruchira Gupta and published by SAGE

Devaki Jain, Development Economist chairing the session on Gandhi, Inequality and the Last Girl at 'Gandhian Satyagraha and Women’s Movements’, organised by Apne Aap Women Worldwide and India International Centre (IIC) on March 30, 2017. The conference marked 100 years of Champaran Satyagraha

High level meeting of the General Assembly on the appraisal of The United Nations global plan of action to combat trafficking in persons(27-28 September 2017). Transcription : Thank you Madam Chair. My name is Ruchira Gupta and I’m from Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an organization that works against sex trafficking in India. We represent more than 20,000 girls and women who are victims of sex trafficking and prostitution. They are the poorest of the poor. They are poor, female, and low caste. On top of that, when they were trafficked into prostitution they were teenagers. Many of the girls I work with are still teenagers. I call them The Last Girls-the most vulnerable of human beings. I applaud the leadership of the UNODC ... Read full transcript here : http://apneaap.org/kamaladevi#ruchiraApneAapAtUN Listen more : http://webtv.un.org/search/panel-discussion-2-on-the-side-of-global-plan-of-action-to-combat-trafficking-in-persons-general-assembly-72nd-session/5590695031001

Ashley Judd: Human Rights Activist, Actress, Feminist, and long time friend to Apne Aap Women Worldwide appeals to you to donate to Apne Aap this holiday season. In her own words: "Hello, I'm Ashley Judd, and I'd like to share with you about Apne Aap. Apne Aap lives on the ground with the poorest of the poor-The Last Girl-who is prostituted because she is often hungry, homeless, doesn't have anyone to protect her and is unable to protect herself. Dirt floors, cracked concrete, rutted pavement, these floors are the ground zero where the Last Girl lives. Apne Aap reaches her with food, friendship, education, legal protection and love. Your gift supports this grassroots organizations’ singleness of purpose: stopping sex trafficking. And Apne Aap does it well. With an incredibly lean budget, Apne Aap's empowerment programs help impoverished lives and defeated spirits access improved circumstances and internal resilience. I know, because I have been a friend to Apne Aap for almost ten years now, and have visited brothels, red light districts, incredibly modest homes,and happily, drop in centers and schools where the Last Girls can experience bodily safety, mental rest, emotional connection, nurturing, and hope. I have sat in circles with The Last Girls, listening, as they broke their silence against extraordinary odds, and they have helped me break my own silence. Your gift, however modest, makes a huge impact. So please join me in giving to Apne Aap, and know that when you do, you help The Last Girl stand on her own two feet, right there, in her own circumstances, where she herself becomes the change agent who has the power to change generations of social and cultural norms. Thank you so much for your consideration, and for your love for The Last Girl."

The Last Girl and Her Vulnerabilities to Sex Trafficking Apne Aap Women Worldwide's UN event during #CSW62 * Even a snow day and the closure of the UN did not stop us! The event was instead broadcasted through Facebook Live. Speakers include: Cynthia Stephen: Policy Researcher working with the Dalit community Mickey Meji: Survivor-Activist, Embrace Dignity South Africa Rebecca Bender: Survivor-Leader, CEO RBI Ruchira Gupta: Founder-President Apne Aap, NYU Professor Shanie Roy: Survivor-Activist from Canada Watch a brilliant and engaging discussion on the vulnerabilities of women and girls from Dalit, indigenous, Native American, and segregated Black communities to sexual violence because they are The Last Girls who are cut off from food, housing, education, livelihoods, and even legal protection because of their intersecting inequalities that are caused by race, class, caste, gender, and ethnicity. *(The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) brings together civil society and governments annually to exclusively discuss the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women.)

Sona Mitra works as a Senior Researcher for a public policy think tank- Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA). She is an economist by training and has been working on Gender and Development issues for more than a decade now. Her central focus remains on the issues related to the political economy of women and work, trying to understand the subordinate status of female labour in a capitalist economy. However, while working with CBGA, in the last decade she has simultaneously looked at public policy issues concerning women, using the budgetary lens. She also teaches as an adjunct faculty at the Ambedkar University, Delhi