
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…


Harish Sadani
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights India
Harish is among India’s leading gender rights activists. A social worker by training, he has been working tirelessly for over the past 26 years to…


Brittany Brass
TX, United States
After overcoming personal mental health challenges, Brittany discovered the transformative power of movement and its ability to build community. This realization inspired her to create…


Priyanka Jain
Governance India
Priyanka Jain is an Indian labour rights activist focused on the right of workers to safe workplaces. She supports a growing movement of workers against…


Junaid Nabi
Health India
Junaid is a physician, public health researcher, bioethicist, and a writer. As a Kashmiri, he has a unique perspective on living between nations and bringing…


Deborah Nakatudde
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Uganda
Nakatudde Deborah is the founder and Executive Director of Serving Lives Under Marginalization -SLUM an organization in Uganda that provides SRHR services, HIV prevention, care…


Esther Ngumbi
Food Security Kenya
Dr. Esther Ngumbi is a 2007 recipient for the highly competitive American Association of University Women (AAUW) International Fellowship. She has been featured in the…


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…


Kevin Lunzalu
Environment Kenya
Growing up, Kevin loved visiting the Nairobi National Park. He was fascinated with the work of the rangers and how they closely interacted with the…


Mojisola Ojebode
Food Security Nigeria
Mojisola Karigidi is an early-career scientist and lecturer in the field of biochemistry with special interest in functional foods, medicinal plants and their role in…


Rodrigo Bazua Lobato
Health Mexico
Rodrigo is a Mexican physician committed to social justice and service to marginalized populations, and he is currently working on managing Community Health Workers in…


Muhammad Sabir
Economic Empowerment & Entrepreneurship, Education Pakistan
Muhammad was born in the slums of Lahore and expected never to go to school or make a meaningful life for himself, but collecting trash…

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