Ruchira Gupta
Ruchira Gupta is an Emmy-winning journalist and founder of the NGO Apne Aap, with a mission to create a world in which no child is bought or sold. I Kick and I Fly is her debut novel. She advises the UN on child protection and women’s empowerment issues, especially related to sex trafficking. She has been awarded the French Ordre National du Mérite, the Clinton Global Citizen Award, and the UN NGO CSW Woman of Distinction award, among other honors, for her activism. She has co-written a book with Gloria Steinem, As if Women Matter, and edited two anthologies: River of Flesh and Renu’s letters to Birju Babu.
Sessions
18. Ballots, Bullets and Democracy
Reiland Rabaka, Ruchira Gupta, Anne Waldman and Pedro Silva in conversation with David W. McIvor
23. Word, Image, Text
Nancy Silberkleit and Ruchira Gupta in conversation with R. Alan Brooks
31.The Underground Women
Pardis Mahdavi and Ruchira Gupta in conversation with Maeve Conran
