Phyllis Omido
Environment Kenya
Phyllis is a Kenyan grassroots social justice activist. She has been vocal in advocating for the right to a clean and healthy environment for the…
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…
Adrienne Crawford
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights DC, United States
Adrienne Crawford is a Certified Nurse Midwife who believes black women thrive with culturally competent care. She practices at Community of Hope in Washington DC, where some…
Edinah Masiyiwa
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Zimbabwe
Edinah directs an NGO that promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights in Zimbabwe. “My passion for women’s rights and gender equality is derived from…
Leonora “Light” Walker
Social Justice - Equity TX, United States
Leonora “Light” Walker,a symbol of resilience and societal transformation, Walker emerged from incarceration and addiction to become a dynamic force for change. As the Founder…
Thilmeeza Hussain
Environment, Governance Maldives
Thilmeeza Hussain is the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations, and non-resident High Commissioner to Canada, posts she assumed in 2019. Ms….
Ariong Moses
Education Uganda
Having studied in the rural schools of Eastern and Northern Uganda, Moses narrowly missed being abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in 2000…
Yetnayet Asfaw Demessie
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Ethiopia
A physician by training, Asfaw has dedicated her professional and personal life to advancing the cause of girls and women for the past 18 years. …
Olanike Adeyamo
Health Nigeria
Professor Olanike Adeyemo is a COMSTECH Distinguished scholar and represents sub-Saharan Africa on the 6th Steering Committee of the World Food Security’s High-Level Panel of…
Mavis Owureku – Asare
Food Security Ghana
Mavis is a food scientist and senior researcher at the Radiation Technology Centre of Ghana Atomic Energy Commission which houses the Gamma Irradiation Facility, the…
Ola Orekunrin Brown
Health Nigeria
Ola Orekunrin is a medical doctor, helicopter pilot and managing director of the Flying Doctors Nigeria Ltd, West Africa’s first air ambulance service and a…
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…
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