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Odanadi
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History
Twenty-six years ago Odanadi founders Stanly and Parashuram, young news reporters for a local Mysore newspaper, met a prostituted woman called Radhamma who changed their lives forever.
Odanadi is an NGO based in Mysore, the cultural capital of Karnataka, South India. More than 30 million people are living in Karnataka. Odanadi adresses all forms of sexual violence against women and children, with a special focus on human trafficking. We have adopted a holistic approach to combat sexual violence through prevention, rescue, rehabilitation, awareness and training programs.
- Contact Information:
- No.15/2B, Hunsur Road, Srs Colony, Belwadi Post, Hootagalli
- Mysore, Karnataka
- India
- Active In:
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness, Rescue, Aftercare, Policy Making
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking, Child Labor
- Tel: +91 (0) 821 240-2155
- Email: odanadisevatrust@yahoo.com
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Child Exploitation: How Old or How High?
Watching the six-year-old walk in my heart rose in my chest, and I felt a sickening feeling in my stomach. I looked at the trafficker, his eyes had narrowed with a glint of cruelty in them; he was all business now.
The Myth of Abduction
The stereotype has been influenced by the movie Taken, which brought awareness to the issue of sex trafficking but also left people thinking that trafficking is white women bring kidnapped and sold to the highest bidder.