Ngozi Erondu
Health Nigeria
Ngozi Erondu, PhD, MPH, is trained as an Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and works as a senior scholar with the Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative…
Maji Hailemariam
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Ethiopia
Maji Hailemariam is an Ethiopian mental health epidemiologist now at Michigan State University. She specializes in working with underserved populations including women, justice-involved individuals and…
Kennedy Odede
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship Kenya
Kennedy is one of Africa’s best- known community organizers and social entrepreneurs. For twenty-three years Kennedy lived in the Kibera Slum, the largest slum in…
Metsehate Ayenekulu
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Ethiopia
Metsehate is a public health and gender expert who leads a program that teaches teenage brides about family planning. Her interest is in adolescent and…
Ahmed “Kura” Omar
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education, Food Security Kenya
Cofounder of The BOMA Project, Kura, designed and implements a data driven, high-impact, gender-focused poverty graduation program that targets ultra-poor women at the epicenter of…
Gulrez Shah Azhar
Environment India
Gulrez is an independent researcher passionate about health, environment, climate, and development. He along with other partners helped develop India’s first heat preparedness plan in…
Naadiya Moosajee
Gender South Africa
Naadiya is a serial entrepreneur by passion, an engineer by training, is Co-Founder at WomHub, a unique ecosystem builder supporting innovation along the STEM value…
Abdoul-Moumini Mouhou
Gender Niger
Abdoul Moumouni is a statistician and demographer who works for women’s reproductive health and rights in the Sahelian context. He advocates for a sustainable socioeconomic…
Jabraan Pasha
Health OK, United States
Dr. Jabraan Pasha is a physician, educator and social activist. He currently serves as an associate professor of internal medicine and assistant dean of student…
Nay Lin Tun
Health Myanmar
Nay Lin Tun is an emergency medical doctor who works in Rakhine State. He provides medical care via mobile community-based healthcare to the Rohingya people…
Lindiwe Sibanda
Food Security, Governance Zimbabwe
Sibanda grew up on a farm in rural Zimbabwe, and believes her strong personal connection to Africa’s agricultural traditions has helped her become one of…
Egerton Neto
Gender Brazil
Five years ago, Egerton came out as a gay man in one of the largest Brazilian newspapers. Since that time, he has been a fierce…
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