William (Bill) Forbes is the Global Lead of Child Protection and Participation for World Vision International. Bill provides strategic leadership to World Vision's efforts to strengthen local prevention and response to abuse, exploitation and neglect of children as well as strengthening children’s voice and participation in the world's most difficult places. This includes World Vision’s work to address child marriage, child labor, street children, child trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation of children, children affected by armed conflict, gender based and domestic violence and child safeguarding. Previously, Bill worked for World Vision in Cambodia for 8 years, providing leadership to the Peace and Justice Program, which included a special focus on peacebuilding and on trafficking and sexual exploitation and abuse of children. Bill has Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in International Development from Cornell University and Fuller Theological Seminary.