Asmita Naik has been an independent consultant since 2002, carrying out assignments across the globe on a wide range of issues related to human rights, protection, aid policy, and management. Prior to this, she worked for United Nations agencies in Geneva. Asmita has been a long-standing advocate for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse by aid workers. She co-authored a 2002 report on the sexual exploitation of refugee children by aid workers and peacekeepers in West Africa, which led to global policy on this issue for the first time.