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Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC)
http://www.ruwsec.org/History
Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC) is a non-governmental women’s organization started in 1981 by a team of 13 women of whom 12 were dalit women from the local villages of Chengalpattu near Madras (Chennai) in Tamil Nadu.
- Contact Information:
- 61, Karumarapakkam Village, Veerapuram Post, Thirukazhukundram (via), Kancheepuram District,
- , Tamil Nadu
- India
- Active In: India
- Forms of Abolition:
- Awareness
- Forms of Slavery:
- Sex Trafficking
- Tel: +91 (0) 442 749-1254
- Email: ruwsec@vsnl.com, ruwsec.tn@gmail.com
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