Marcia Eugenio
Collaborative on Global Children's Issues
Marcia Eugenio is a global labor and human rights advocate with deep expertise in reducing child and forced labor worldwide. As a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues, she leads an initiative on international child labor and U.S. and international efforts to address the labor exploitation of children.
Previously, she directed the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT), where she managed a staff of 70, oversaw multimillion-dollar programs, and built global partnerships to advance workers’ rights.
- Led initiatives contributing to the global reduction of child labor from 250 million to 160 million children.
- Directed seminal U.S. government reports, business tools, and research on child and forced labor.
- Inducted into the Child Labor Hall of Honor (2024).
- Served on the U.S. Department of Labor Senior Executive Service (SES) Executive Resources Board.
- Board member, Free the Slaves; Senior advisor, The Campaign to End U.S. Child Labor.
- Holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from the City College of New York.