‘’The Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards bring something more special than sheer celebrity to the annual event: humanity.’’
Washingtonian
For the first time in three years, Vital Voices is gathering in person for our annual Global Leadership Awards to honor women who are challenging the status quo, defying norms and disrupting systems. The event will take place at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on November 9th.
As we plan our evening, we are reminded of all the trailblazers we’ve worked with for the past 25 years.
Meet Priti Patkar: While studying social work in Mumbai, Patkar would often venture into the city’s red light district and observe its self-perpetuating sex trade. Recognizing that children who grow up around prostitution are likely to enter the sex trade themselves, Priti established night shelters for children of prostituted women in order to remove them from this dangerous environment. Priti earned the 2014 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards Human Rights Award for her strides in interrupting the cycle of intergenerational prostitution.
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