Jeanne Devos, Mumbai

The national domestic workers movement, founded more than 20 years ago, kept expanding and now boasts ramifications in 21 out of 28 federal states of India. To the movement?s girls and women and to many others in the field this represents a turning-point in their situation of modern slavery to a whole new life, in which they can make their own choices. Although we may never see our work coming to an end, it is set going for sure. The current is moving on, that?s what counts. She is a guide, opening the eyes to the reality in which millions of children live. This she does in a unique way, without bitterness, not looking for praise, with indulgence and a convincing, yet never obliging belief