Yasmin Vafa

Yasmin Vafa is an award-winning human rights attorney and the co-founder and Executive Director of Rights4Girls, a national organization dedicated to ending gender-based violence. Her work centers on the intersections of race, gender, and violence, with a focus on advocating for marginalized girls and young women. Yasmin has played a pivotal role in advancing legislative reform at both the federal and state levels. She has testified before the U.S. Senate, state legislatures, and international human rights bodies, and co-authored influential reports exposing the systemic criminalization of survivors of sexual violence. Her work and advocacy have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NPR, ABC News, and other major media outlets.

In addition to her advocacy work, Yasmin serves as adjunct faculty for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, where she helps lead the National Judicial Institute and the National Multi-Disciplinary Institute on Child Sex Trafficking. She is also the founding co-chair of World Without Exploitation, the nation’s largest anti-trafficking coalition, representing over 200 organizations committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation.