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Tsitsi Matekaire is the Director, Regions at Equality Now. In this role with Equality Now, Tsitsi provides leadership to a global team campaigning to end sex trafficking and sexual exploitation across the world.<\/p>\n

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With over sixteen years of experience, Tsitsi is a recognized legal expert on women’s rights, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, access to justice, women’s political participation, violence against women and girls . She is co-author, along with Samantha Ferrell-Schweppenstedde and Equality Now\u2019s Jacqui Hunt, of \u201cHow Lifelong Discrimination and Legal Inequality Facilitate Sex Trafficking in Women and Girls<\/a>,\u201d\u00a0featured in the\u00a0Palgrave International Handbook on Human Trafficking\u00a0<\/em>(2019). Her writing and commentary have also featured in\u00a0The London Economic<\/em>,\u00a0Eco Business,<\/em>\u00a0and Inter Press Service, among others.<\/p>\n

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Tsitsi began her career as a Legal Officer providing legal aid services to women affected by domestic violence.\u00a0\u00a0Prior to joining Equality Now in 2016, Tsitsi served as Program Manager at Womankind Worldwide providing program and advocacy support to women\u2019s rights organizations in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, and was Director of the Women in Politics Support Unit and Legal Officer at Women\u2019s Action Group in Zimbabwe.\u00a0Knowing that she is contributing to positive changes in women’s lives has been the greatest source of inspiration throughout her career.<\/p>\n

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Tsitsi holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Zimbabwe and an LL.M. in Human Rights Law from the University of Nottingham. Based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, Tsitsi loves green walks, listening to music, and watching TV crime dramas.<\/p>\n

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She is available for interviews in English and Shona.<\/p>\n

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Online sexual exploitation and abuse in the United States: An analysis of policy gaps, system response and prevention mechanisms<\/h3>\n\n \n

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Experiencing technology-facilitated gender-based violence in India<\/h3>\n\n \n

As part of our global work to address technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), our new report reveals legal gaps, trauma, and pathways to justice rooted in the lived experience of survivors of TFGBV in India. <\/p>\n\n \n

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