What We Do

Our approach is to help the Last girl re-gain control of her destiny. The last girl is poor, female, low-caste, and a teenager. Additionally, she may be the daughter or sister of a prostituted woman or a victim of child marriage or domestic servitude. She is preyed on by traffickers because of her lack of choices and forms the “supply.” Traffickers and Clients/Johns who buy and sell these girls form the “demand.” Our approach simultaneously tackles both the “supply side” and the “demand side”of the sex trafficking industry – from the grassroots to the tree tops.

In the past 12 years, the Apne Aap network has grown to include more than 21,142, at-risk and prostituted women and girls and their family members in 11 sites across India. They have all gained different Assets that has reduced their risk of or dependency on prostitution, and has allowed women to realize the power of their voices as agents of changing law and policy.

We enroll the Last girl in an Apne Aap network with the expectation that she gains her Ten Assets over a period of three to five years. The Ten Assets include both personal development and government recognition.

Without demand for purchased sex, traffickers, pimps, and brothel owners would be driven out of business. Therefore, while increasing the choices available to victims to reduce the industry’s “supply,” we are also working to reduce the demand.