Ms. Alcestis Abrera Mangahas was the Deputy Regional Director of ILO’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific from 2011-2015 responsible for migration and trafficking-related programmes in Asia and the Pacific. In the ILO, Ms Abrera Mangahas has served as Chief Technical Adviser of the Rehabilitation of Returning Migrant Workers Project,Senior Forced Labour and Trafficking Specialist of the Special Action Programme on Forced Labour in ILO Headquarters and as Chief Technical Adviser of the Mekong Sub regional Project on Human Trafficking. Prior to joining the ILO, Ms Abrera Mangahas was the Deputy Administrator of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Department of Labor and Employment of the Government of the Philippines. Her contribution has awarded her as the 100 Influential Women, Policy makers and visionaries 2014 provided by Filipina Women’s Network (FWN).