Lori Wallach / USA

Lori Wallach is Director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, founded by Ralph Nader in 1971, a nonprofit citizen research, lobbying and litigation group based in Washington, D.C. In 1995 Wallach launched Global Trade Watch, a leader in the global citizen movement for fair trade and investment policy. Over the course of the past decade, Wallach has helped create new public awareness about globalization. Working closely with NGOs, scholars, and activists in developing countries and with U.S. congressional, environmental, labor, and other allies, Wallach has played an important role in the growing debate about the implications of different models of globalization on jobs, livelihoods and wages; the environment; public health and safety; and democratically accountable governance.



Projects:
Plug-In VII: Global Conflicts - Local Networks