Norma Ramos

Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

Norma Ramos is a longstanding public interest attorney and social justice activist. 

Ramos is an eco-feminist, who links the worldwide inequality and destruction of women to the destruction of the environment.  She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, which is the first organization to fight against human trafficking internationally, now in its twenty-first year.

She writes and speaks extensively about the sexual exploitation of women and girls as a core global injustice, and has appeared on such shows as Charlie Rose, Larry King Live, as well as national radio programs.

She is an early environmental justice activist who works to build an environmental movement that addresses inequalities based on race, gender and class. She is the former executive director of the Rainforest Foundation and serves on the board of the National Hispanic Environmental Council.

She is the recipient of the Women's Committee Award and the Flor De Maga Award, both from the Puerto Rican Bar Association. She was recently awarded the Humanist Heroine Award 2009 from the American Humanist Association.

PRAISE FOR Norma Ramos:

• "Great lecture... the audience was very engaged, and we had great questions during the Q+A." - American University
• “Norma's presentation was outstanding and clearly stimulated thought and conversation on campus about a very important issue, which is precisely what we hoped for.  Many students commented to me that Norma opened up for them some new ways of looking at this topic and has caused them to think further about it.  Bravo!”- Carleton College