BiographyGunilla S. Ekberg is a Swedish-Canadian lawyer and international expert on the human rights of women. For six years, Ms. Ekberg held the position as Special Advisor to the Swedish government on trafficking in human beings. She is a respected writer, and is regularly called upon to act as an expert on trafficking in human beings to international bodies, parliamentary commissions, and statutory and law enforcement agencies. Ms. Ekberg has directed national and multilateral projects on the prevention and combat of trafficking in human beings, participated in the negotiations for different UN and regional documents on trafficking in human beings acted as an expert to the European Commission through the DAPHNE III programme on violence against women.