METIP

METIP

METIP

About our community

METIP members engage with each other in four main ways

Quarterly webinars

Group members meet on a quarterly basis to network, share our work, and learn from each other and experts in other fields. Quarterly webinars are typically 1.5 hours long. During this time, we typically have 1-3 experts present on a topic and then discuss how that topic applies to our work in the trafficking field.

Discussion forum

The listserv is the primary method of communication with the group. Meeting dates and topics, information about the annual conference, invitations to salons, and follow-up information from meetings are all shared through the listserv. METIP members can use the listserv to pose short-answer questions to the group or post jobs, announcements, articles/publications, and events.

Topical salons

At any time throughout the year, a METIP member can request to facilitate a salon to discuss a specific, time-sensitive issue that they are working on. The salon will then be scheduled within the next couple of weeks, and any METIP members who are available and interested can join. During salons, the facilitator presents the issue to the attendees, and METIP members help brainstorm solutions and identify additional considerations.

Annual conference

Once a year, we like to meet in-person for a two-day conference. During this time, we like to dive deeper into the issues affecting our field, and, when possible, publish a list of generally agreed-upon recommendations or considerations on those issues. The conference is also a time for members to get to know each other better and update the rest of the group on their work.

Note: Due to COVID-19, the 2021 annual conference will be an online-only experience.

METIP Documents

Through our website you will be able to access the latest documents produced and shared by the METIP network. This can include official documents showcasing the main outcomes from our events, job postings, among other things.

Meet the Steering Committee

METIP is managed by a voluntary Steering Committee.  The Steering Committee is composed of interested METIP members.  The group meets virtually about every two months to plan quarterly webinars, salons, and the annual conference. 

New members always welcome.

Aditi Chatterjee

MBA
SC Member

Aditi is...

leading Evidence and MEL programs in India. She has over ten years of experience building MEL systems and conducting evaluations, as well as quasi-experimental and experimental studies - with a focus on informal livelihoods, responsible business, and ethical supply chains.
Jeni Sorenson

Jeni Sorensen

MPP
SC Member

Jeni is...

a human trafficking and gender specialist currently serving as Director of the Human Trafficking Research Initiative at Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA).

Varsha Gyawali

PhD
SC Member

Varsha is...

Research and Evaluation Manager at the Freedom Fund. She has over ten years of experience working on human rights, justice, gender and social inequalities issues, mostly within the non-government and voluntary sector in the South Asian region, particularly Nepal and India.

Benedetta Wasonga

MA, BA, Dip.
SC Member

Benedetta is...

the Regional Consultant Africa at the University of Liverpool working on a project led by the Modern Slavery Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre. She has over a decade of experience in the promotion and protection of rights of refugees, women, children as well as environmental rights and climate justice in Africa.
Rachael Jackson

Rachael Jackson

MPH
SC Member

Rachael is...

a survey methodologist who currently serves as a Research Scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago.
Yuki Lo

Yuki Lo

MSc
SC Chair

Yuki is...

Head of Research & Evaluation at the Freedom Fund. She has over a decade of experience in impact evaluations, including studies in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tanzania and Thailand.

Elizabeth Anderson

PhD, MPH
SC Member

Elizabeth is...

the Senior Research and Evaluation Manager for the Freedom Fund. She has over a decade of experience researching gender-based violence, women's economic empowerment, child marriage, and gender norms change, among other topics in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Shivan Pavin Alungnat

SC Member

Shivan is...

the founder of Nifunze East Africa, a trained survivor leader/advocate, a research consultant and an ethical storyteller. Shivan has over ten years of experience in activism/feminism through different mediums of art across local and global movements.

The METIP community of practice was founded around 2013 in Washington DC.  A small group of monitoring and evaluating staff from NGOs and consultancies met monthly to share their knowledge, challenges and successes with measuring anti-trafficking interventions in the United States and around the world. 

The Freedom Fund currently acts as the Secretariat for this voluntary membership group, taking the reins from International Justice Mission who served as the Chair during 2017 – 2020 and Free the Slave during 2013 – 2017. Over the past 7 years, the METIP community has grown from a small group of M&E staff to a global network that includes iNGOs, academic institutions, and national and international governmental agencies. 

Our quarterly meetings are now conducted online.

Founded in 2013