Jeni Sorensen
Jeni Sorensen is a human trafficking specialist with 20 years of experience designing, managing, and evaluating programs to combat human trafficking in the U.S. and around the world. Ms. Sorensen currently serves as Director of International Poverty Action’s Human Trafficking Research Initiative, which fosters partnerships between researchers and program implementers to build and carry out rigorous research studies. Previously, Ms. Sorensen served as Director of Winrock International’s Human Trafficking and Safe Migration programs, where she oversaw a $70 million portfolio of counter-trafficking programs in Asia and Latin America. Ms. Sorensen holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MPP from Georgetown University.
Resources


IPA’s Human Trafficking Research Initiative
CART Principles
The Goldilocks Challenge: Right-Fit Evidence for the Social Sector by Mary Kay Gugerty and Dean Karlan
2022 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labour and Forced Marriage Report
2022 Trafficking in Persons Report | U.S. Department of State
Seafood Watch | Monterrey Bay Aquarium
Sweat & Toil (mobile phone app) | U.S. Department of Labor