Shakti Samuha (SS) was founded in 2003 by a group of women who had survived being trafficked into the sex trade. Shakti means 'power', Samuha 'group'. Unhappy with their experience of institutionalisation, discrimination and lack of hope within...Read More

Originally an internal group within Shakti Samuha for girls who had contracted HIV during their enforced period in the brothels of India, Shakti Milan Shamaj became independent in 2006. Like SS they wanted to widen their remit to include other girls...Read More