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Idea of Protectionism and Rights of survivors

Recently, an article from The Guardian titled “ Prison would have been better, “  about Sunitha Krishnan's NGO Prajwala and her reply to the same has made a new buzz in the social sector. Like everything else, people have the privilege to take sides with either party. Some think it is a global conspiracy against anti trafficking warriors and some think that Sunitha Krishnan is guilty of not managing her shelter well. It may be worthwhile to recall that many shelter homes have been in news for all the wrong reasons. Many organizations have been blamed for many crimes and cruelty against their inmates. From Muzaffarpur shelter home to Dhenkanal shelter home case, it has given us enough reason to believe that shelters and the whole protection mechanism has some unidentified problem which is being ignored by the NGO sector as well as the Government. The article and the reply from Sunitha, both have enough reason to be believed. Both are equally right and we can’t blame anyone. The