Kusum Thapa
Health Nepal
Dr. Thapa has over 25 years of experience as an Obstetrician and Gynecologist both in Nepal and UK as an Asia Near East Regional Technical…
Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa, Esq.
Gender, Governance Zambia
Jacqueline’s law firm represents investors in Africa as well as governments, but she increasingly finds herself engaged as another kind of advocate. “I want to…
Jane Otai
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Kenya
When Jane Otai walks through the Nairobi slums, she is no stranger. No stranger to the women living in corrugated-metal shacks or worse, no stranger…
Webster Mavhu
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Zimbabwe
Dr Webster Mavhu is a Social scientist and Global Health practitioner with a PhD in Social science & Public Health from University College London UK,…
Meti Bekele Nega
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education Ethiopia
Meti works at the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences where she leads initiatives that strengthen evidence base to promote data –informed policy engagement on timely development…
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…
Sisonke Msimang
Governance South Africa
Msimang’s early career focused on helping international organizations such as UNAIDS forge HIV/AIDS policies that responded to the specific needs of African women and girls…
Jennie Joseph
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights FL, United States
Jennie Joseph is a well respected health advocate for women and newborn babies. A British-trained midwife, Jennie has become one of the world’s most respected…
Adebisi Alimi
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Nigeria
An LGBT advocate and HIV activist, Adebisi Alimi was the first person to ever come out as gay on Nigerian television. After an attempt on…
Alex Bailey
Environment TX, United States
Alex Bailey, Founder of Black Outside, Inc., is an educator and third-generation outdoor enthusiast, who uses his radical imagination to re-envision outdoor programming for Black…
Jamila Headley
Social Justice - Equity Barbados
Jamila is the managing director of the Health Global Access Project (or Health GAP)–an advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring global access to affordable life-sustaining medicines…
Marion Subah
Health Liberia
Marion Subah, a Health System Strengthening public health professional is a registered Nurse Midwife with great passion for quality Reproductive Maternal Newborn and Child Health…
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