Maxwell Matewere is an internationally recognized legal and crime prevention expert with 27 years of experience developing and leading responses to transnational crimes, including human trafficking, migrant smuggling, terrorism, corruption, and global drug trafficking.
He is the founder of Eye of the Child, a child rights organization in Malawi, and the Malawi Network Against Trafficking (MNAT)—two institutions at the forefront of anti-trafficking advocacy, victim protection, and law reform.
Maxwell has worked extensively with United Nations agencies, African Union bodies, SADC, governments, universities, NGOs, faith-based organizations, and the private sector, providing expertise in law reform, policy development, training, research, program design, and survivor-centered interventions.
He is a Fellow of Stanford University (USA) and an alumnus of international leadership and innovation programs supported by GIZ and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Maxwell’s advocacy has:
He has challenged powerful corporations, corrupt systems, foreign interests, and even heads of state—often at great personal risk—because he believes human dignity is non-negotiable.
