Her past has taught her to resist all things, good or bad, I realized.

Laxmi is from West Bengal, in the North-East of India. When she was twelve years old, her mother died. Her father was chronically ill and...

In September 2006, Freedom Firm established a rehabilitation home for survivors of sex trafficking in an effort to provide aftercare.

My first thought was, who did this? Who tore the photograph into two pieces? As I looked closer, I saw that it was a slow thoughtful tear.