About Us

Anka Rising (“Anka”), a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, was co-founded by Banu Demiralp and Janna Lipman. Anka’s mission is to provide an effective and collaborative platform for private enterprises, governments, and non-governmental organizations to work collaboratively to combat and eradicate modern-day slavery. The organization’s programmatic work focuses on creating awareness in and educating the private sector on slavery and the impact these organizations may have on the approximately $32 billion illegal industry. Ms. Demiralp and Ms. Lipman have over 20 years combined experience in the private sector and bring their expertise in research, analysis, and evaluation of human trafficking to organizations with which they collaborate.