Meet the Heroes

Maizidah Salas is a leading voice for migrant worker rights in Indonesia.

Ms. Okoedion plays an integral role in pushing Italian authorities to ensure that survivors, especially Nigerian women and girls, receive the services they deserve.

Ivana Radović is the Head of Policy and Learning at ASTRA, one of Serbia’s leading grassroots anti-trafficking NGOs.

Yosief Abrham Mehari is a practicing medical doctor who has demonstrated an unparalleled commitment to serving survivors of human trafficking in Sudan.

Kim Jong-chul is the founder and former Director of the Advocates for Public Interest Law.

Josue Ango is a driving force behind Burkina Faso’s efforts to combat human trafficking.

Yanira Violeta Olivares Pineda leads a team of prosecutors dedicated to holding human traffickers accountable and delivering justice to victims.

Ausamah AlAbsi has played an instrumental role in increasing protections for trafficking victims and significantly reducing the vulnerability of migrant workers to human trafficking in Bahrain.

Sunita Danuwar has made the remarkable transformation from trafficking victim to one of Nepal’s leading social activists.

Francisca Awah Mbuli is a survivor of human trafficking and the founding director of Survivors’ Network.