About the Speakers

Sylvia Kim  is a human rights lawyer and co-founder of HanVoice . Sylvia has recently completed her Master of Studies from the University of Oxford in International Human Rights Law and is the Policy Advisor for the European Alliance for Human Rights in North Korea . Sylvia currently resides in Southern California where she is actively involved in North Korea policy initiatives and contributes regularly to the Huffington Post.

Of Interest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sylvia-kim/

Nikita Desai  (moderator) is the Director of Policy and Corporate Programs at The Korea Society. While at TKS, she has curated a series of programs on the issue of gender and human rights; Perilous Passages: North Korea, Human Trafficking, and The Underground Railroad , and North Korea's Prisoners: The Gender Dimension with Roberta Cohen . Ms. Desai holds an MA in International Policy Studies with a focus on Gender and Development from Monterey Institute of International Studies. She also holds an MBA earned through the Fulbright Scholar program from IE Business School in Spain. She co-authored the first comprehensive study measuring human trafficking in Mongolia and through China for the Asia Foundation in Mongolia, where prior she served as the Peace Corps Volunteer from 2003-2005.