An Indian quilt and bag company which employs women trapped in the sex trade has appointed two former sex workers to its board, its co-founder said, calling the move a first in the industry.Sarah Lance, who helped to set up Sari Bari a decade ago to provide sex trafficking victims with alternative means of earning a living, said the company had also invited 19 of its women workers to become shareholders in the firm.The company, located on the fringes of Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district, employs 120 women to stitch old saris together to create quilts and bags - with each item named after the woman who made it."It is their company," said Lance, who won the 2016 Opus prize for non-profit innovation and humanitarian work.

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