Human trafficking is a crime and a violation of human rights that affects millions of children, women and men around the world. Although sexual exploitation is the most detected and visible form of trafficking, both globally and in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), there are multiple additional forms, including forced labor, forced begging, and trafficking for the purpose … [Read more...] about Five Facts you Need to Know about Forced Labor and Human Trafficking
Denisse Wolfenzon
Denisse Wolfenzon is a consultant in the Citizen Security Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), where she works on the prevention of violence and crime against women and populations in vulnerable situations. She also specializes in incorporating gender and diversity approaches into the division’s loan operations. Before joining the IDB, Denisse served as a Gender and Health Specialist in the Equity, Gender, and Cultural Diversity Division at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). She also worked in the Gender Division of the World Bank, as well as in civil society organizations, including The National Network to End Domestic Violence in the United States and APROPO in Peru, where she contributed to improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and youth. Denisse holds a degree in Economics from the University of Lima (Peru), a master’s degree in International Relations from Columbia University (New York, USA), and a master’s degree in Gender Equality in Development from the Universitat Central de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain).