Melissa Ditmore
Speaker and Consultant
Fields of expertise:
Dr. Ditmore specializes in issues of gender, development, health and human rights, particularly as they relate to marginalized populations like sex workers, migrants, trafficked persons and people who use drugs.
Past and current clients include UNAIDS, the Asia Development Bank, Nawara Women's Network for the Middle East and North Africa, the International Council of Aids Service Organizations, Aids Fonds Nederland, and the Urban Justice Center. She has extensive experience working on projects in the United States and in Asia and Africa.
Her doctoral training in Sociology and behavioral science training make me particularly qualified for community-based and participatory research projects, as well as training others.
