The Next Generation of Anti-Human Trafficking Activists and Advocates

Andrea M. Bertone, Ph.D. has been working on issues of gender equity, child protection, and human rights and human trafficking since the mid 1990s.

Dr. Bertone is the Director of HumanTrafficking.org , the first comprehensive, publicly available, Internet-based information resource on human trafficking in Asia and the United States and selected global hotspots. Most recently, she has been managing a portfolio of girls’ education projects at the Academy for Educational Development in five countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Her academic research has focused on transnational advocacy networks in Southeast Asia to combat human trafficking.

She currently has a teaching appointment at the George Washington University's Elliott School for International Affairs. Dr. Bertone received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has published several book chapters and articles in peer reviewed journals.

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This is first event in a week-long series of events entitled "Enslaved in the Modern World," which are dedicated to raising awareness about the international problems of human trafficking and modern day slavery.