Saa Eric Dentor

Saa Eric Dentor is Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF  in New York. Eric’s main role focuses on supporting gender-based violence in emergencies (GBViE) programming around the world. Eric has over 14 years of professional experience on gender-based violence (GBV) and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA). Eric previously worked for UNICEF in South Sudan and Ethiopia as Child Protection Specialist where he contributed to the integration of GBViE prevention, risk mitigation and response across UNICEF’s sections and clusters.

Prior to joining UNICEF South Sudan in 2015, Eric also worked in Guinea, Liberia, Haiti, Burundi and Ethiopia on GBV and PSEA with different international humanitarian organisations including the American Refugee Committee (ARC), Child Fund International, War Child Canada, International Rescue Committee (IRC), and International Medical Corps (IMC) respectively. Eric is a member of the GBV Area of Responsibility Community of Practice (AoR CoP) and one of the global mentors for the Managing GBV in emergencies (MGBViE) learning initiative for emerging GBV specialists, supported by International Medical Corps.