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	'''Priti Patkar''' is an ~~esteemed~~ social worker and human rights activist ~~from India~~. She holds the position of co-founder and director at ], an organization that has been a trailblazer in addressing issues within the red-light districts of Mumbai, India. Priti Patkar's efforts primarily focus on safeguarding children who are at risk of falling victim to ] and ].		'''Priti Patkar''' is an Indian social worker and human rights activist. She holds the position of co-founder and director at Prerana, an organization that has been a trailblazer in addressing issues within the red-light districts of Mumbai, India. Priti Patkar's efforts primarily focus on safeguarding children who are at risk of falling victim to ] and ].

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	==Activism==		==Activism==

	Priti Patkar has been working for the protection and rescue of children and women victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation for over 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/2058/saving-children.html\|title=Saving children\|website=www.theweekendleader.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=15 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215204016/http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/2058/saving-children.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> She founded ] in 1986, after a research visit for her Masters in Social Work to the Kamathipura Red Light Area – where she witnessed three generations of women soliciting customers on the same street.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/26/how-priti-patkar-and-prerana-changed-the-lives-of-children-of-sex-workers\|title=How Prerana's Priti Patkar has changed the lives of sex workers' children\|last=Mumbai\|first=Arunima Rajan in\|date=2014-11-26\|website=the Guardian\|language=en\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=20 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220033107/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/26/how-priti-patkar-and-prerana-changed-the-lives-of-children-of-sex-workers\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Priti Patkar has been working for the protection and rescue of children and women victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation for over 30 years.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/2058/saving-children.html\|title=Saving children\|website=www.theweekendleader.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=15 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215204016/http://www.theweekendleader.com/Heroism/2058/saving-children.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> She founded Prerana in 1986, after a research visit for her Masters in Social Work to the Kamathipura Red Light Area – where she witnessed three generations of women soliciting customers on the same street.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/26/how-priti-patkar-and-prerana-changed-the-lives-of-children-of-sex-workers\|title=How Prerana's Priti Patkar has changed the lives of sex workers' children\|last=Mumbai\|first=Arunima Rajan in\|date=2014-11-26\|website=the Guardian\|language=en\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=20 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220033107/https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/26/how-priti-patkar-and-prerana-changed-the-lives-of-children-of-sex-workers\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	She is accredited with several path-breaking social interventions for the protection and dignity of children and women victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Women-of-substance/articleshow/16109415.cms\|title=Woman of substance\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215347/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Women-of-substance/articleshow/16109415.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref>		She is accredited with several path-breaking social interventions for the protection and dignity of children and women victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Women-of-substance/articleshow/16109415.cms\|title=Woman of substance\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 March 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215347/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Women-of-substance/articleshow/16109415.cms\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Patkar has to her credit the largest number of legal interventions and writ petitions in India to protect the rights and dignity of child and female victims of child sexual exploitation and trafficking.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|title=Woman of Might\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503153855/http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|url-status=~~live~~}}</ref>		Patkar has to her credit the largest number of legal interventions and writ petitions in India to protect the rights and dignity of child and female victims of child sexual exploitation and trafficking.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|title=Woman of Might\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503153855/http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

	==Selected awards==		==Selected awards==

	* Hirakani Puraskar, 2013 (Doordarshan – Sahyadri)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=166435\|title=Grace Pinto, MD of Ryan Group conferred Sunsilk Doordarshan – Sahyadri Hirkani Award\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=14 January 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114042134/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=166435\|url-status=live}}</ref>		* Hirakani Puraskar, 2013 (Doordarshan – Sahyadri)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=166435\|title=Grace Pinto, MD of Ryan Group conferred Sunsilk Doordarshan – Sahyadri Hirkani Award\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=14 January 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114042134/http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=166435\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	* An award from the Government of Maharashtra where she was felicitated by the Chief Minister – Shri Prithviraj Chawan in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|title=Priti Patkar Awards\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503153855/http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|url-status=~~live~~}}</ref>		* An award from the Government of Maharashtra where she was felicitated by the Chief Minister – Shri Prithviraj Chawan in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|title=Priti Patkar Awards\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503153855/http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
	*Human Rights Award at the 2014 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/vital-voices-honored-kennedy-center\|title=Vital Voices Honored at Kennedy Center {{!}} The Georgetown Dish\|website=www.thegeorgetowndish.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=19 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151102/http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/vital-voices-honored-kennedy-center\|url-status=live}}</ref>		*Human Rights Award at the 2014 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/vital-voices-honored-kennedy-center\|title=Vital Voices Honored at Kennedy Center {{!}} The Georgetown Dish\|website=www.thegeorgetowndish.com\|language=en\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=19 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151102/http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/vital-voices-honored-kennedy-center\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	*], 2015. This award is given by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to institutions and individuals who have made exceptional contributions towards the empowerment of women specifically belonging to vulnerable and marginalized sectors of society.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/president-pranab-mukherjee-presented-2015-nari-shakti-awards-1457494302-1\|title=President Pranab Mukherjee presented 2015 Nari Shakti awards\|date=2016-03-09\|work=Jagranjosh.com\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=19 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152551/https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/president-pranab-mukherjee-presented-2015-nari-shakti-awards-1457494302-1\|url-status=live}}</ref>		*], 2015. This award is given by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to institutions and individuals who have made exceptional contributions towards the empowerment of women specifically belonging to vulnerable and marginalized sectors of society.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/president-pranab-mukherjee-presented-2015-nari-shakti-awards-1457494302-1\|title=President Pranab Mukherjee presented 2015 Nari Shakti awards\|date=2016-03-09\|work=Jagranjosh.com\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=19 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152551/https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/president-pranab-mukherjee-presented-2015-nari-shakti-awards-1457494302-1\|url-status=live}}</ref>
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	==Research==		==Research==

	Patkar has 7 books and several research reports to her name – published or released by The National Commission for Women, UNICEF, UNDP, USAID/FHI. Others have been sponsored by Groupe Development (France), Concern India Foundation, USAID, and more.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|title=Priti Patkar Books\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503153855/http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|url-status=~~live~~}}</ref> Through Prerana, she has also been systematically mapping the decline of the Kamathipura Red Light Area since 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/FL9qoQjrzIdtsYshID8McP/Kamathipura-bought-and-sold.html\|title=Kamathipura: bought and sold – Livemint\|website=www.livemint.com\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=19 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152014/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/FL9qoQjrzIdtsYshID8McP/Kamathipura-bought-and-sold.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>		Patkar has 7 books and several research reports to her name – published or released by The National Commission for Women, UNICEF, UNDP, USAID/FHI. Others have been sponsored by Groupe Development (France), Concern India Foundation, USAID, and more.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|title=Priti Patkar Books\|access-date=9 May 2014\|archive-date=3 May 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503153855/http://powai.info/2011/03/22/priti-patkar-of-powai-chief-of-ngo-prerana-is-a-woman-of-might/\|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Through Prerana, she has also been systematically mapping the decline of the Kamathipura Red Light Area since 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/FL9qoQjrzIdtsYshID8McP/Kamathipura-bought-and-sold.html\|title=Kamathipura: bought and sold – Livemint\|website=www.livemint.com\|access-date=2018-02-19\|archive-date=19 February 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219152014/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/FL9qoQjrzIdtsYshID8McP/Kamathipura-bought-and-sold.html\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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Priti Patkar
Priti Patkar
Born	Mumbai
Other names	Priti tai, Preeti Patkar
Alma mater	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Nirmala Niketan College of Social Work
Known for	her work with women and children in red light districts of Mumbai. She conceptualised and founded world's first night care center for children of women working in red light districts.

Priti Patkar is an Indian social worker and human rights activist. She holds the position of co-founder and director at Prerana, an organization that has been a trailblazer in addressing issues within the red-light districts of Mumbai, India. Priti Patkar's efforts primarily focus on safeguarding children who are at risk of falling victim to commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking.

Personal life

Priti Patkar was born in Mumbai. Her father was a government servant and her mother ran a daycare program. She is a Gold Medalist from The Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai where she completed a Masters in Social Work. She is married to social activist Pravin Patkar.

Activism

Priti Patkar has been working for the protection and rescue of children and women victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation for over 30 years. She founded Prerana in 1986, after a research visit for her Masters in Social Work to the Kamathipura Red Light Area – where she witnessed three generations of women soliciting customers on the same street.

She is accredited with several path-breaking social interventions for the protection and dignity of children and women victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation.

Patkar has to her credit the largest number of legal interventions and writ petitions in India to protect the rights and dignity of child and female victims of child sexual exploitation and trafficking.

Selected awards

Hirakani Puraskar, 2013 (Doordarshan – Sahyadri)
An award from the Government of Maharashtra where she was felicitated by the Chief Minister – Shri Prithviraj Chawan in March 2013.
Human Rights Award at the 2014 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards
Nari Shakti Puraskar, 2015. This award is given by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to institutions and individuals who have made exceptional contributions towards the empowerment of women specifically belonging to vulnerable and marginalized sectors of society.
Sofy India Women Award 2016

Research

Patkar has 7 books and several research reports to her name – published or released by The National Commission for Women, UNICEF, UNDP, USAID/FHI. Others have been sponsored by Groupe Development (France), Concern India Foundation, USAID, and more. Through Prerana, she has also been systematically mapping the decline of the Kamathipura Red Light Area since 2010.

References

"Priti Patkar Profile". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Unsung heroes". Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Priti & Pravin Patkar". Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Saving children". www.theweekendleader.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
Mumbai, Arunima Rajan in (26 November 2014). "How Prerana's Priti Patkar has changed the lives of sex workers' children". the Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Woman of substance". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Woman of Might". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Grace Pinto, MD of Ryan Group conferred Sunsilk Doordarshan – Sahyadri Hirkani Award". Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Priti Patkar Awards". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Vital Voices Honored at Kennedy Center | The Georgetown Dish". www.thegeorgetowndish.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"President Pranab Mukherjee presented 2015 Nari Shakti awards". Jagranjosh.com. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Zee honours achievers with Sofy Indian Women Awards | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
"Priti Patkar Books". Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
"Kamathipura: bought and sold – Livemint". www.livemint.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

External links

How Prerana’s Priti Patkar has changed the lives of sex workers' children – 2014 Guardian newspaper article
Prerana Anti-Trafficking, Mumbai – official website
Prerana - Lighting the Lamp of Self Esteem for the Children of Sex Workers – article at The Better India website
Priti Patkar – archived profile from the Ashoka website
Priti Patkar runs night shelters for children of sex workers – archived from IBN Live

v t e Nari Shakti Puraskar recipients
1999	K. V. Rabiya Chinna Pillai Kinkri Devi
2013	Manasi Pradhan M. Venkaiah Bina Sheth Lashkari T. Radha K. Prashanti Vartika Nanda Seema Sakhare
2014	Rashmi Anand Nanditha Krishna Laxmi Gautam Neha Kirpal Latika Thukral Sai Balijepally P. Kausalya Swaraj Vidwan
2015	Lucy Kurien Saurabh Suman Basanti Devi Suparna Baksi Ganguly Meena Sharma Priti Patkar Uttara Padwar Polumati Vijaya Nirmala Vasu Primlani Sujata Sahu Jyoti Mhapsekar Sumita Ghosh Anjali Sharma Krishna Yadav Shakuntala Majumdar
2016	State of Rajasthan Chhanv Foundation Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP) Sadhana Mahila Sangha Shikshit Rojgar Kendra Prabandhak Samiti Tripunithura Kathakali Kendram Ladies Troupe Amruta Patil Amala Akkineni Anatta Sonney Anoyara Khatun B. Codanayaguy Bano Haralu Deepa Mathur Divya Rawat Ilse Köhler Rollefson Janki Vasant Kalpana Shankar Kalyani Pramod Balakrishnan Mumtaz M. Kazi Nandita Shah Pallavi Fauzdar Pamela Malhotra Qamar Dagar Reema Sathe Ringyuichon Vashum Sangita Iyer Smita Tandi Sumitra Hazarika Sunita Singh Choken Subha Varier Tiasa Adhya V. Nanammal Zuboni Hümtsoe
2017	Gargi Gupta Sindhutai Sapkal Gauri Maulekhi Navika Sagar Parikrama Malvika Iyer R Umadevi Nagaraj Thinlas Chorol S. Siva Sathya Bharti Kashyap Beti Zindabad Bakery Mittal Patel Sabarmatee Tiki Jayamma Bandari K. Syamalakumari Vanastree Lizymol Philipose Pamadykandathil Chirom Indira Urmila Balawant Apte Deepika Kundaji Purnima Devi Barman Anita Bharadwaj Ambica Beri Pushpa Girimaji Avani (organization) Shrujan C. K. Durga Rekha Mishra Mehvish Mushtaq Karuna Society for Animals and Nature One Stop Centre, Raipur Millet Network of India State of Punjab Madhu Jain Jetsun Pema M.S. Sunil Sheela Balaji Anuradha Krishnamoorthy and Namrata Sundaresan Gita Mittal
2018	A. Seema Anshu Khanna Anu Malhotra Anuradha N. Naik Chetna Gala Sinha Darshana Gupta Devaki Amma Didi Contractor Gowri Kamakashi Hekani Jakhalu Ipsita Biswas Iti Tyagi Kagganapalli Radha Devi Kalpana Saroj Lalita Vakil Madhuri Barthwal Manju Manikuttan Meenakshi Pahuja Mini Vasudevan Munuswamy Shanthi Neelum Sharma Nomita Kamdar Pamela Chatterjee Pragya Prasun Priyamvada Singh Pushpa N. M. Rahibai Soma Popere Rajani Rajak Reshma Nilofer Naha Rhea Mazumdar Singhal Ruma Devi Seema Mehta Seema Rao Sister Shivani Smriti Morarka Snehlata Nath Sonia Jabbar Sujatha Mohan Sunita Devi Twinkle Kalia Urmi Basu One Stop Centre, Lucknow Millet Network of India Qasab-Kutch Craftswomen Producer Co. Ltd. Social Welfare & Nutritional Meal Programme Dept, Tamil Nadu
2019	Arifa Jan Avani Chaturvedi Bhageerathi Amma Bhawana Kanth Bina Devi Chami Murmu Kalavati Devi Karthyayani Amma Kaushiki Chakroborty Mohana Singh Nilza Wangmo Padala Bhudevi Rashmi Urdhwareshe Sardarni Mann Kaur Tashi and Nungshi Malik
2020	Anita Gupta Ushaben Dineshbhai Vasava Nasira Akhter Sandhya Dhar Nivruti Rai Tiffany Brar Padma Yangchan Jodhaiya Bai Baiga Saylee Nandkishor Agavane Vanita Jagdeo Borade Meera Thakur Jaya Muthu, Tejamma (joint) Ela Lodh Arti Rana
2021	Sathupati Prasanna Sree Tage Rita Takhe Madhulika Ramteke Niranjanaben Mukulbhai Kalarthi Pooja Sharma Anshul Malhotra Shobha Gasti Radhika Menon Kamal Kumbhar Sruti Mohapatra Batool Begam Thara Rangaswamy Neerja Madhav Neena Gupta

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