Twenty years ago, 14-year-old Sunita Duanwar was sold into sex trade in a Mumbai brothel. She suffered for months before she escaped. Her life is now dedicated to saving other young girls…
A Sex Trafficking Survivor Reaches Out to Help Underaged Girls
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