Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova
Founder & Director, Do Bold Founder and director of Do Bold, an organization dedicated to supporting migrant workers who find themselves trapped in abusive situations across the Gulf countries.
About this speaker
Founder and Director of Do Bold. Ekaterina holds a double masters in International Cooperation Policy from Japan and Germany. Among others, she has work experience in refugee camps in South East Asia, and in preparing cases for grave human rights violations against states in the Inter-American Commission and Court in the Americas. Ekaterina is the founder of Do Bold an organisation working with migrant workers in the Gulf Countries focusing on issues of human trafficking and modern day slavery. In 2018, the organization was named as one of the finalists for the Nelson Mandela Prize, Walk for Justice Price, and chosen as 1 of 100 Sparks of Hope by The Elders for promoting hope and justice among the most vulnerable communities in the world and in 2022 it was a finalist for the World Justice Challenge Access to Justice Category.
The organisations efforts in the region have been highlighted in different news media outlets including the BBC, The Washington Post, Reuters and The Guardian.
