Tag: United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons’ (UNVTF)

The Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons’ (UNVTF) has unanimously elected Dame Julie Okah-Donli as the new chair of the Board. Dame Okah-Donli brings her invaluable expertise in human trafficking to the Trust Fund as the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in Nigeria since 2017 and has long been a global voice on Trafficking in Persons issues. During her tenure at NAPTIP, she successfully lobbied the Government of Nigeria to extend its whistle-blowing policy to human trafficking issues, positively impacting the reporting of this crime in her home country. She further established the NAPTIP Rapid Response Squad to counter criminal activity and piloted joint o...