Webinar

Virtual Roundtable: Human Trafficking and Its Sustainable Development Implications

Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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Speakers
James Cockayne

Professor of Global Politics and Anti-Slavery, University of Nottingham

Alex Thier

CEO, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery

Presider
Jamille Bigio

Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

Women and Foreign Policy Program

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