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The organization also conducts educational campaigns across India that include programs for schools. In 2017, the organization conducted the "MISSING on a
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devices titled "Web of Deceit - A missing and trafficking casefile" that was released in 2021. The app is an interactive comic designed to educate people about human trafficking and resources to get help. The comic features a young woman as the main character and includes information about legal
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to raise awareness about the estimated tens of thousands of girls that disappear each year and over a million children working in the sex industry in India. Kejriwal used
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that features survivors of child trafficking. Menacherry began work on the film five years prior, after seeing the #missing stencil art and finding
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for mobile and PC to raise awareness about the experiences of child victims of sex trafficking. Kejriwal developed the game with Flying Robot
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United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking
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