In Conversation with Debbie Ariyo & Dr. May Ikeora on the Factors Driving Trafficking of African Women and Girls

Join us in Conversation with two leading anti-trafficking specalists.

Debbie Ariyo is Chief Executive of AFRUCA, a UK charity she founded in 2001 to address child safeguarding and child trafficking issues in African diaspora communities and provide services to help support children and families and rehabilitate victims. Debbie also chairs the BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) which she founded in 2019 to help promote racial equity, diversity and inclusion in the UK anti-trafficking sector. Debbie is a renowned specialist in human trafficking and has vast experience of designing and implementing diaspora anti-trafficking engagement programmes and service provision for survivors. A former UK civil servant, she holds an Executive Masters in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Masters in Urban Policy from the University of North London and a Bachelor degree in French and Education from the University of Benin, Nigeria. Debbie is also a Trustee…