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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, interviews an Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • A sticker decorates the wall of the bed where Chinta (name changed), aged 18, sleeps for her temporary stay in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • (L-R) Mohd. Shahin Alom (13, son), Mahfuza Akhter (5, daughter), Shahida Begum (35), Shakil Alom (7, son), Mohd. Abu Taleb (41, husband). .Shahida Begum, 35, poses for a family portrait in her home in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, dresses her daughter, Mahfuza Akhter (5), in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • An uplifting note decorates the wall in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Female survivors of the Zamboanga City rebel attack go to the segregated restrooms in the city's largest stadium in Zamboanga, Mindanao, The Philippines on November 4, 2013. SPRINT-IPPF partner NGO FPOP has advocated and implemented gender segregated restrooms to try to reduce gender based violence cases such as rape. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SPRINT-IPPF
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  • (L-R, back to front) Mohd. Shahin Alom (13, son), Mohd. Abu Taleb (41, husband), Shakil Alom (7, son),  Mahfuza Akhter (5, daughter), Shahida Begum (35). .Shahida Begum, 35, poses for a family portrait in her home in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • As her daughter Mahfuza Akhter (5) looks on, Shahida Begum, 35, looks into her product bag in her hut's compound in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110918-Guardian-Care-Aparaj...JPG
  • Shahida Begum, 35, looks into her product bag in her hut's compound in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110918-Guardian-Care-Aparaj...JPG
  • Shahida Begum, 35, dresses her daughter, Mahfuza Akhter (5), in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, interviews an Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, interviews an Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
    20022014-tearfund-tamsingreig-0445.JPG
  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tearfund beneficiaries play a game of Carom together in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, looks at uplifting notes on a corkboard in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Survivors of the Zamboanga City rebel attack walk in pairs after visiting the restrooms of the evacuation center in the city's largest stadium in Zamboanga, Mindanao, The Philippines on November 5, 2013. SPRINT-IPPF's partner NGO FPOP has advocated and implemented gender segregated restrooms to try to reduce gender based violence cases such as rape in the IDP camps. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SPRINT-IPPF
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  • Female survivors of the Zamboanga City rebel attack go to the segregated restrooms in the city's largest stadium in Zamboanga, Mindanao, The Philippines on November 4, 2013. SPRINT-IPPF partner NGO FPOP has advocated and implemented gender segregated restrooms to try to reduce gender based violence cases such as rape. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SPRINT-IPPF
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  • Female survivors of the Zamboanga City rebel attack go to the segregated restrooms in the city's largest stadium in Zamboanga, Mindanao, The Philippines on November 4, 2013. SPRINT-IPPF partner NGO FPOP has advocated and implemented gender segregated restrooms to try to reduce gender based violence cases such as rape. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SPRINT-IPPF
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  • A widow, Rubi Begum, 40, walks through fields as she goes from door to door to sell her products in Ghagoa Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. Living alone after her husband's passing, she has now (since 2.5 years) found financial independence by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, cooks dinner in her home in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, sells her products in her village, Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, walks to work in her village, Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • (L-R) Shakil Alom (7, son), Mohd. Abu Taleb (41, husband), Mahfuza Akhter (5, daughter), Shahida Begum (35), Akhterruzzaman (38, Hub Manager). .Shahida Begum, 35, meets her Hub Manager, Akhterruzzaman, in her hut's compound in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • (L-R) Mohd. Abu Taleb (41, husband), Mahfuza Akhter (5, daughter), Shahida Begum (35), Akhterruzzaman (38, Hub Manager). .Shahida Begum, 35, meets her Hub Manager, Akhterruzzaman, in her hut's compound in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • (L-R) Shakil Alom (7, son), Mohd. Abu Taleb (41, husband), Mahfuza Akhter (5, daughter), Shahida Begum (35), Akhterruzzaman (38, Hub Manager). .Shahida Begum, 35, meets her Hub Manager, Akhterruzzaman, in her hut's compound in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • As her daughter, Mahfuza akhter (5) looks on, Shahida Begum, 35, goes about her daily household chores in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • As her daughter, Mahfuza Akhter (5) and son, Shakil Alom (7) look on, Shahida Begum, 35, goes about her daily household chores in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, looks out the window as she organises her products in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • As her daughter, Mahfuza Akhter (5) looks on, Shahida Begum, 35, goes about her daily household chores in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, organises her products with her son, Shakil Alom (7), in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Handmade framed positive sayings decorate the bed where Chinta (name changed), aged 18, sleeps for her temporary stay in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Large books on heavy subjects relating to trafficking and rehabilitation of sexually abused victims share a bookshelf with soft stuffed toys in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • SPRINT-IPPF's local partner NGO FPOP's prenatal equipment kit lies on a stretcher at a RH Medical Mission in the Taluksangay Barangay Hall, Zamboanga, Mindanao, The Philippines on November 5, 2013. These Internally Displaced People (IDP) had taken refuge in this Barangay (neighbourhood) after surviving the 3 week long attack by MNLF rebels. Photo by Suzanne Lee for SPRINT-IPPF
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  • Together with her husband, Mohd. Abu Taleb (41), Shahida Begum, 35, cooks dinner in her home in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, walks to work in her village, Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, cleans her product bag as she goes about her daily household chores in her hut in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011, after a regular day of work as a saleswoman earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Shahida Begum, 35, pumps ground water to cook dinner in her home in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • (L-R, back to front) Mohd. Shahin Alom (13, son), Mohd. Abu Taleb (41, husband), Shakil Alom (7, son),  Mahfuza Akhter (5, daughter), Shahida Begum (35). .Shahida Begum, 35, poses for a family portrait in her home in Palashbari Villlage, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh on 18th September 2011. She contributes to the family income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), barter trades her products with rice in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (3rd from right, in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), poses for a portrait in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1589.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), keeps a record of her list of credit sales as she sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1564.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (3rd from right, in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1457.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1431.JPG
  • Jesmin Akhter, 26 (right, in turquoise & blue), sells her products in one of her 'marketplaces', Jerai Villlage, Gobindagonj Upazila, Gaibandha, Bangladesh on 19th September 2011. She has found financial independence and contributes to her household income by working as a saleswoman, earning 3500 - 5000 Bangladeshi Taka per month. She is the top saleswoman under her 'hub', out of 30 women. Having worked for about 2.5 years, she cycles from village to village and door to door in a country where women on bicycles is an extremely uncommon sight. She is one of many rural Bangladeshi women trained by NGO CARE Bangladesh as part of their project on empowering women in this traditionally patriarchal society. Named 'Aparajitas', which means 'women who never accept defeat', these women are trained to sell products in their villages and others around them from door-to-door, bringing global products from brands such as BATA, Unilever and GDFL to the most remote of villages, and bringing social and financial empowerment to themselves.  Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
    Suzanne20110919-Guardian-Care-1386.JPG
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