Champaran based journalist opted for london award

SATISH ADITYA

BETTIAH : A free lancer journalist  of Ratanmala village under Majhaulia police station of West Champaran district  of Bihar Monika Jha has been awarded “Stop  Slavery Media Award” in London by the Thomson Reuter Foundation for producing a highly impactful story, raising awareness in society about the often overlooked issues of modern slavery and human trafficking in 2019. She was selected  for this award by a panel of six judges.

         Monika Jha is daughter of Uma Jha , a retired school teacher and Chandra Shekhar Jha, A Bank officer  of Ratanmala village. She did B-Tech  and  then started   journalism from 2007 .

         Monika said that in 2019 she worked in Koshi region of North Bihar and published several stories of human trafficking in various journals and more than 100 trafficked minor children went free from the clutches of different  persons and organizations. Slaves are the people coerced into working through force and fraud at no pay beyond subsistence.  Who became free were in all type of slavery including sex trafficking, debt bondage, domestic servitudes and force labour. The parents of Monika have proud  that Monika has done outstanding work   against the modern slavery with courage  and hard work and got fame in world after getting this award.