Career

2003 – 2004

‘Safe return and reintegration of victims of trafficking in women’

Foundation against Trafficking in Women (now: CoMensha) and ICCO (Interchurch Organisation for Development Cooperation)
Development of a network of organisations against human trafficking in Eastern Europe and Asia aimed at the safe return of victims of human trafficking. Research and policy advice on best practices and lobbying the European Union to get the subject higher on the political agenda.

1995 – 2002

‘La Strada Program: Prevention of Traffic in Women in Central and Eastern Europe’

Foundation against Trafficking in Women (now: CoMensha)
Initiator and international coordinator of La Strada, the first NGO network against trafficking in women in Central and Eastern Europe. Led teams of national coordinators in the various La Strada countries. Integrally responsible for program development, fundraising, reporting, budget management and relationship management with stakeholders and grant providers. La Strada focuses on prevention of human trafficking, shelter for returning victims and policy influencing with three continuous campaigns. La Strada has grown from a one-year pilot project in Poland and the Czech Republic to an international network organization in seven Central and Eastern European countries (in addition to Poland and the Czech Republic, also Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Bulgaria and Macedonia) and an international secretariat in Amsterdam. CoMensha is the 8th member.

For more information: www.lastradainternational.org

1993 – 1995

‘Integration of Assistance and Identification of Victims of Trafficking in Women’

Foundation against Trafficking in Women (now: CoMensha)
Project development and management of a network in the province of Gelderland (Arnhem, Apeldoorn and Nijmegen), in which civil society organizations worked together to provide victims of trafficking in women with the best possible support. This project was the first Dutch initiative for chain cooperation around the care for victims of human trafficking. It was the blueprint for developing similar networks with regard to human trafficking throughout the Netherlands.

1992 – 1993

‘European Support Centre for Migrants and Refugees’

Dutch Centre for Foreigners (then Forum until 2014)
Policy advice, data collection and publications on the position of migrants and refugees in the European Union.

2007 – 2009

Deputy Director

VieJa Utrecht (now: Moviera)
Member of the management team, managing team leaders and staff members, co-responsible for the long-term strategy, project management HKZ certification in 2007 – 2008 (Harmonization of Quality Assessment in the Healthcare Sector) which guarantees the quality of the services provided within the organization.

2005 – 2007

Development cooperation coordinator

Amnesty International Netherlands
Responsible for strengthening the Amnesty departments abroad, especially in Morocco, Turkey and the Philippines. The focus was on developing action programs, organizational development and coaching of local directors.

1999 – 2001

Interim management and guidance of merger process

Foundation against Trafficking in Women (now: CoMensha)
Managing the STV team and guidance of the merger process between STV and the Shelter Federation (now Valente). Responsibility for strategy, organizational development, finances.

2002 – 2003

Research assignment image Foundation against Trafficking in Women

Foundation against Trafficking in Women (now: CoMensha)
Following an administrative crisis within the organization, I mapped out the network and image of STV by means of conversations with the police, justice, social services and grant providers. Sharpening the vision of the organization and exploring new possibilities for the foundation to profile itself.

1996

‘Background Study on Basic Principles for a Code of Conduct within the Member States of the European Union to Prevent and Combat Traffic in Women’

Foundation against Trafficking in Women (now: CoMensha)
Research commissioned by the Ministry of Social Affairs into the policies in EU Member States in the field of prostitution and human trafficking.