RAMONA VIJEYARASA is a PhD candidate, presently researching responses to human trafficking for sexual purposes in Hanoi. Mostly recently, Ramona was a Legal Fellow in the International Legal Program at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Ramona's work at the Center included litigation and advocacy in the Philippines, India, Nepal, Slovakia, Poland and Moldova, around issues of access to contraception, abortion, post-abortion care and maternal mortality. Prior to this, Ramona earned her LL.M. degree in international law from New York University School of Law. As an NYU Human Rights and International Law Fellow at the International Center for Transitional Justice, Ramona investigated the appropriateness of transitional justice to address the violations of the rights of indigenous peoples, and conducted country-based research on East Timor, Indonesia and Sierra Leone. Ramona has also worked as a Law and Policy Fellow at the Coalition against Trafficking in Women: Asia-Pacific (CATW-AP), based in Manila, the Philippines. Ramona earned a Bachelor of Arts (Politics and History) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, in Sydney Australia, where she has also practiced commercial law. She has experience in domestic human rights, particularly in the areas of poverty and housing rights and as well as in relation to the ‘stolen generations' of Australia.