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Urmi Basu runs a night shelter for girls in the Kolkata red-light district.

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Urmi Basu is the founder of New Light in India. #SheInspires us because she is helping to break the cycle of prostitution by educating the children of prostitutes.

What woman inspires you? Is it your mother, your first grade teacher or your best friend? Or maybe it's Malala Yousafzai or Edna Adan? For International Women's Day (March 8), we'll be sharing photos on Instagram of women who inspire us with the hashtag #sheinspires. 

Please join us by posting a picture (or pictures!) of a woman who inspires you on Instagram. We'll sharing some of our favorites here -- just make sure to use the hashtag #sheinspires so we can find it.  

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Krishna Mondal's father was stabbed to death by a robber when she was still in her mother's womb. With a five-year-old son and a daughter on the way, her mother was forced into a life of prostitution. But Krishna managed to avoid her mother's fate, and works with New Light Kolkata to combat the cycle of forced prostitution.  “If the story of the beginning of my life does not motivate me to fight for the rights of women and saving of young girls –– if this is not my mission in life –– I shall not be worth my salt," says Krishna, who this year was one of five Students Rebuild Award winners who received $10,000 to continue her work in the community. 

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The incredible Urmi Basu, founder of New Light Kolkata, which is helping to break the cycle of forced prostitution in India, on a recent visit to Kentucky. Urmi has been working hard to get Dec. 16 recognized as Nirbhaya Diwas -- a day named after the young woman who died after being gang raped in Delhi. You can support her efforts here.

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Urmi Basu is educating girls and helping to break the pernicious cycle of forced prostitution in India. We're featuring her organization, New Light Kolkata, for Nicholas Kristof's birthday campaign. Help Urmi continue her work here.

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Urmi Basu discusses the process of filming with two of the girls from New Light.

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Meet Urmi. She is founder of New Light Kolkata, and you may have viewed her great work in Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.  Help her by volunteering, donating medicine, or money

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"Women in India are far better off today than they were 20 years ago. They are better educated, entering the workforce in larger numbers and empowering themselves." -Urmi Basu Urmi Basu, founder of New Light, speaks with New America Media on progress in India as well as her part in the documentary, 'Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.'

http://newamericamedia.org/2012/09/film-spotlights-indian-activists-work-on-human-trafficking.php#%23