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		<title>The Foto Awards presented by Las Fotos Project: Smita Sharma in Conversation with Anna Grevenitis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anna Grevenitis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://lenscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Trafficking-SmitaSharma-2-651x435.jpg" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" alt="When she was 12, S. left her home in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, with a family acquaintance who promised to find her a job in Dhaka. She was handed over to a man who smuggled her into the Indian state of West Bengal which shares a long porous border with Bangladesh. From West Bengal she was taken to a brothel in Mumbai and sold. S. was enslaved for two years before police freed her and sent her to a shelter. Six months later she met a woman who said she’d take S. back to Bangladesh but instead sold her to a brothel in Namkhana, a small town in West Bengal. After she was rescued again, S. has been staying at a shelter and waiting for her repatriation." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;" /><p>This week we are celebrating a wonderful organization in Los Angeles: the Las Fotos Project and The Foto Awards event taking place on October 23, 2021. Today we celebrate the Advocacy Award Winner (adult), Smita Sharma.  The Advocacy Award is given for power in photojournalism or use of photography for community advocacy &#38; social justice.</p>
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