{"id":4446,"date":"2013-07-29T07:04:26","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2013-07-29T08:56:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T13:56:47","slug":"transformation-in-the-red-light-district-sunita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr\/2013\/07\/transformation-in-the-red-light-district-sunita\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformation in the Red Light District &#8211; Sunita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Below is the story of a woman whose life was radically transformed when she was provided with the opportunity by CWR\u2019s partner HCC to escape a life of prostitution.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/02\/Sunita-244x300.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" \/>My name is Sunita Vijay Naik. I am 35 years old and am from Ahammad Nagar, Maharashtra. My mother died when I was a child. I have 2 brothers but unfortunately my father and younger brother died within one month of the other. Unwillingly I got married to a dumb man at the age of 11. After 2 days of staying with my husband I came back to my parents\u2019 house. My father-in\u2013law called a meeting of Panchayat (village court) and they decided that I should not go back to my in-law\u2019s house anymore since I had violated village laws. Then I stayed in my parent\u2019s house, but many people started commenting and saying many things about me. Again my parent\u2019s arranged a boy for me, so I was married again. His name was Laxmikant. That marriage is called Motur (sending off the daughter with just a saree). However, there was no physical relation with my second husband. But after few months one day my brother\u2013in-law called me and forcefully raped me, then I became pregnant. When my husband came to know that I am pregnant, he got angry. Because of shame I ran away from house and came to Pune. I asked a woman to give me a job doing household chores, but instead she sold me to a brothel.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In Pune I gave birth to a baby boy in Sasoon hospital, but the child died. Then I became frustrated and depressed. I could not go back to my husband nor to my parents\u2019 house. So at last I decided to stay at Pune in Budhwarpet. I lived as a commercial sex worker for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>On July 17, HCC conducted a small business programme in Budhwarpet. One of HCC took notice of my problems and allowed me to tell her everything. She assured me that HCC could help me to come out from bondage. On July 24, a Commercial Sex Worker Rehabilitation meeting was conducted by three HCC staff, and I requested their help so that I could leave the sex trade business. On August 4, 2010, the HCC staff helped me move from Budhwarpet to Sukhsagarnagar, where I began selling tea to earn a living. They also helped me move into the Home of Hope and Love, where I help make bread for Holy Communion. It is such a blessing for me that I came in contact with HCC.<\/p>\n<p>I hope and pray that other commercial sex workers are able to leave the business like I did, with help from HCC.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about our partnership with the Hindustani Covenant Church,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.covchurch.org\/relief\/projects\/cd\/india-covenant-social-services\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/cwr?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=4446&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the story of a woman whose life was radically transformed when she was provided with the opportunity by CWR\u2019s partner HCC to escape a life of prostitution.\u00a0 My name is Sunita Vijay Naik. I am 35 years old and am from Ahammad Nagar, Maharashtra. 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