Prof. Goodwin Conducts Exclusive Interview with Human Trafficking Activist

In November, 2010, Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin conducted an exclusive interview with Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, Founder and Director of the Visayan Forum Foundation, about sex trafficking in Asia. Professor Goodwin's interview is part of her international study on the exploitation and trafficking of girls in the Philippines, India, and South Africa. Ms. Flores-Oebanda is a former political prisoner and is internationally renowned for her work towards the protection, freedom, and empowerment of marginalized people. Ms. Flores-Oebanda's efforts have been formally recognized by a host of human rights organizations and governments. The U.S. State Department's 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report named her a Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery. More information about the Visayan Forum Foundation is available at: http://www.visayanforum.org/.