Graduated in Psychology at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, she obtained a specialization in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at the Iberoamerican University and a master in Criminal Sciences at the National Institute of Penal Sciences (INACIPE). She is the president of Espacios de Desarrollo Integral A.C and national coordinator of ECPAT Mexico. Since 2010 she teaches at INACIPE.
Social worker, with extensive experience in adult and youth education, with particular focus on human rights. Between 2000 and 2005 he was Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Platform of Human Rights in Peru and, between 2005 and 2010, Executive Director of the Rights and Development Center. Current Executive Director of Capital Humano y Social Alternativo.
R. Evon Idahosa, Esq. is the founder and Executive Director of Pathfinders Justice Initiative, Inc. (www.pathfindersji.org), a NGO working in Nigeria to eradicate sex trafficking and the sexual exploitation of women and girls. She is a Nigerian native and both an English Barrister and U.S. attorney.
Norbert Cyrus, Social Scientist, is senior researcher at Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION in Frankfurt (Oder) and conducts research exploring the relevance and functions of state borders for migration control. Before, he was involved in the EU funded research project DemandAT (Demand-Side Measures Against Trafficking).
Since 2004, Suzanne Hoff is International Coordinator of La Strada International, the European NGO network against trafficking in human beings, comprising 8 members and 21 partner NGOs in Europe. She is based at the International Secretariat in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Alberto Andreani has 35 years of experience in the Italian law enforcement sector, during which he was tasked with the management of investigations of transnational organized crime networks and terrorism and their co-ordination with other international agencies. He is experienced in the use of modern investigative techniques that have proved effective in identifying transnational organized groups, monitoring their activities, collecting evidence, making arrests.
Isabella Orfano has long-standing experience in research; policy development; networking and advocacy; planning and management of local, national, European, and international programs and projects on anti-trafficking, migration, gender, and LGBTQ-related issues, with the goal of protecting the human rights of vulnerable groups and improving institutional and non-governmental responses. She has worked for several NGOs (inter alia, On the Road and Diversity); international organizations (EU, OSCE,UNODC, ICMPD); governments, and local authorities (Municipalities of Rome and Bologna).
He is an expert on trafficking in human beings, researcher, trainer, project planner and coordinator. Since the mid-90s, he has worked as a social worker (drug addiction, prostitution, minors) and as an international volunteer in different countries, including Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Brazil, and Mexico. He has taken part in international cooperation projects in Afghanistan, Pakistan and has collaborated with EuropAid and ICMPD for the development of national anti-trafficking systems in Kosovo, Thailand, and Uzbekistan.
She is an independent evaluator since 1992. She worked for several years for the European Union to specifically assess youth programmes. Eventually, she has specialized in the development of systems and programmes to evaluate especially national and European social policies. She has also worked for UNICRI, Emilia-Romagna Region, foundations, and third sector organizations. She is also a trainer on the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of social projects and programmes, with a special focus on human trafficking. Since 2017 she is a member of the advisory board of the Italian Association of Evaluation (Associazione Italiana di Valutazione).
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