Person

Okech, David

is the Professor of School of Social Work and Director of the APRIES and CenHTRO at the University of Georgia. He has a broad background in programs that target vulnerable populations including various forms of slavery and exploitation (child laborers, forced early marriages, and FGM) as well as community-based research in programming for anti-trafficking programs in sub-Saharan Africa. He has worked with government and multisectoral stakeholders to develop evidence-based programs for intervention and documenting the role of private, public, and community actors eradicating trafficking.