Dr. Millicent Adjei is the Director of Diversity and International Programs and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Humanities and Social Sciences department at Ashesi University. She plays multiple roles to provide strategic leadership to the university in the areas of international programming, driving diversity, equity, and inclusion as a core institutional practice, and overseeing the development, implementation, and compliance of policies and programs to ensure a zero-tolerance sexual misconduct campus. Through her leadership, Dr. Adjei has been instrumental in initiating and designing Ashesi’s sexual misconduct mandatory training for all new members of the Ashesi community – faculty, staff, administrators, and students and closely monitors the campus climate to provide continuous programming and support interventions through the university’s Annual Campus Climate on Appropriate Sexual Conduct Survey. At the Humanities and Social Science department, Dr. Adjei teaches a course in Leadership as Service and is passionate about youth development and empowerment through education. Her research and scholarly work focus on high-impact support interventions for students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds. She holds an MA in Educational Policy and Administration, and a Ph.D. in Comparative and International Development in Education, both from the University of Minnesota. She is a Ford Foundation IFP Fellow and a board member of the Melton Foundation.

Shola Coker is the Counselling Psychologist at the Counselling Center of Covenant University, the best Private University in Nigeria. She is also an alumnus of Covenant University where she had her first degree in Psychology and her Masters in Psychology from University of Lagos. She is a member of the Association of Professional Counsellors of Nigeria and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Managers. She provides support to students who are experiencing emotional trauma, mental health and diverse academic challenges. She is member of several students centered activities on campus and her research interests include on Gender related issues, Forensic Victimology, Human Sexuality, Sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment among others. She is also a member of Covenant University Women Development and Human Security Initiatives (CU-WDHSI) and Covenant Applied Informatics and Communication African Centre of Excellence (CApIC-ACE), as the Harassment Counsellor for the research cluster. It was through this platform she applied and qualified for the prestigious Martha Farrell Foundation Fellowship. Her project is focused on Ending Sexual Harassment and Harassment related issues on campus by creating a mechanism that will ensure safe spaces for both Students and Faculty on campus.

Zahra Tharani has worked in multiple capacities in the community setting. She was trained at addressing sexual health and sexual abuse concerns. She was part of a training which was titled; CREATE: A cascade training approach to Enhance Peoples’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice to Address Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). It was a joint venture of Sigma Theta Tau International and Aahung (A nonprofit organization in Pakistan) for conducting sessions in community addressing adolescent’s sexual health, Hygiene and safeguarding concerns of both males and females. She has worked in the capacity of advocacy and awareness regarding sexual health and human rights at multiple platforms. The session encompasses menstrual health and hygiene, pubertal changes in male and females and about safeguarding their body (good touch and bad touch).

Additionally, as her Master’s in Science of Nursing thesis, Zahra developed a Life Skill Based (LSB) curriculum for engaging men in women empowerment. This curriculum was tailor made according to the needs of the community extracted from qualitative data. This LSB curriculum was then given to experts in the field of gender training and curriculum creation; within the country and abroad for the Content Validity Index of the curriculum. The title of the thesis was “Development and validation of a Manualized Life Skills Building Curriculum for Men Engagement in Women Empowerment.” This study was nested under a larger study “Men engagement in Women empowerment (MEWE) through Cash Transfer and Life Skills Building” which was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Dr Georgina Oduro (PhD) is the current Director of the Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD), University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana and a senior lecturer with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Dr. Oduro has been involved in outreach and advocacy work in the area of gender and sexual harassment issues at the UCC and beyond - including the training of both students and staff on sexual harassment and gender related issues. She was a Takemi Fellow in International Health at the T. H. Chan school of Public Health, Harvard University, USA during the 2016/2017 academic year where she researched sex work among marginalised youth in Ghana. Her research interests include gender, violence, marginalized youth, mixed-race identities, ocean culture and heritage and embodiment.

Dr. Fatmatta Taqi (nee Cole), is an academic and an advocate who is passionate about the empowerment of women and girls and strongly believes that education and relevant knowledge are key ‘changers’ of any situation. Dr. Taqi is the Director of Academic and Career Advisory and Counselling Services (ACACS), and the Students Complaints Centre at the University of Sierra Leone, and a lecturer in the Department of Language Studies and the Institute for Gender Research and Documentation (INGRADOC) at Fourah Bay College. With a passion for gender parity, equity and inclusion, Dr. Taqi is the immediate past president of the renowned 50/50 Group of Sierra Leone and serves in various capacities within other organisations.

Dr. Scholastica Omondi is the Associate Dean, School of Law, Kisumu Campus at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She holds a PhD in Law, a Masters in Sociology and a Bachelors in Law all from the University of Nairobi. The PhD thesis in Law examined the 'Implications of the Adversarial Criminal Trial on the Special Needs of Child Victims of Sexual Abuse in Kenya'. She has just completed a second PhD study in Sociology and is currently awaiting the assessment of the thesis at Kenyatta University in Kenya. The PhD thesis is on 'The Socio-cultural and economic determinants of Accessing Justice by Victims of Spouse Abuse in Kenya'. She previously worked as a State Counsel, Magistrate and Judge in Kenya. She is a researcher and consultant in socio-legal issues. As a lecturer, she teaches courses such as gender, criminal law, children rights, evidence, victimology, criminal justice and human rights amongst others. Dr Omondi mentors’ students and has published several journal articles as well as books in these areas.

Dr. Lulu Simon is a lecturer at University of Dar es Salaam and Director of the Institute of Gender Studies since 2018. She has a PhD in Education from University of Edinburgh- United Kingdom. As part of Martha Farrell Memorial Fellowship in 2019, Dr. Mahai is working towards building strategies for preventing gender-based violence/sexual harassment among staff and students at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She has initiated a review of her university’s gender policy, brought out a policy statement and plan of action on sexual harassment of women at workplace. A committee for SHW in the university has also been formed keeping in mind the clause of equal participation of both men and women and one external member. Additionally, the Gender Desk in the campuses have been utilised to create awareness regarding SHW including through workshops and seminars.

Dr. Andrew Mushi is from Mzumbe University, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Dr. Mushi is lecturer in Mzumbe university since November 2011. As part of Martha Farrell Memorial Fellowship, Dr. Mushi is working towards mainstreaming the prevention of sexual harassment and gender-based violence at Mzumbe University and prepare key policy document and development plan (guideline).

Ms. Fatihiya Ally Massawe is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant working at the Department of Policy, Planning and Management, at the Campus College of Social Sciences and Humanities- Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). She holds a Ph.D. in Rural Development from SUA and Masters Degree in Science in International Development Studies from Wageningen University, Netherlands. Fatihiya teaches courses in Poverty Analysis, Conflict Management, Agriculture and Rural Development, and gender and development. She also has a vast experience in organizing and facilitating gender workshops and believes in organizational transformation. Fatihiya has been working in SUA’s Gender Policy Implementation Committee (GPIC) since 2007. She has been serving as a facilitator in the committee and has conducted various awareness programs and seminars for students and staff. As part of the Martha Farrell Memorial Fellowship, Fatihiya is working towards strengthening the GPIC of her university, so that all the staff and students become aware of the redressal mechanism available for them and fearlessly report instances of sexual and gender-based violence in the university.

Dr. Carmen Suneetha Wickramagamage hails from the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Currently a professor at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, she has been teaching in the Dept. of English since 1985. She holds a BA in English (Hons.) from the University of Peradeniya and a PhD in English from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. From 2002 to 2006, she was the Joint Coordinator of the Translation Studies Programme at her university and from 2004-2009, she headed the Department of English. She teaches courses on British and American Literature as well as Post-Colonial Literary Creativity. She has researched extensively on postcolonial literary studies and feminist literary criticism and authored many papers and books on the same. Dr. Wickramagamage is currently the Director of Gender Equity and Equality Cell at her home university. Since 2015, she has played an instrumental role in drafting a comprehensive anti-sexual harassment at workplace policy at her university and ensuring the implementation of guidelines laid down by the Standing Committee on Gender Equity and Equality (GEE) of University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka. As a part of this fellowship, Dr. Wickramagamage is working on the effective implementation of anti-sexual harassment at workplace policy in her university, which includes raising awareness and dispelling myths about sexual harassment at workplace (SHW), by facilitating effective dialogue and conversations among students, faculty and staff. She is also developing a paper, which will critically document the process of implementing the SHW policy among multiple stakeholders in the university.

Mohammad Mojibur Rahaman is currently an Associate Professor at Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2011, he completed his M.Phil from IER and holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Education. He has also worked as a Pogramme Officer in ActionAid, Bangladesh and written and published extensively on lifelong education, education for development, gender education and non-formal education. He is also the Founder-Director of Paathshala, a school for working children.

As part of Martha Farrell Memorial Fellowship, Mr. Rahman brought about an active anti-sexual harassment policy in his campus. In Bangladesh, there isn’t a national law that provides for prevention and redressal of sexual harassment at workplace. Therefore, universities and educational institutions are also lacking in institutionalizing an anti-sexual harassment policy within their campuses. Mr. Rahman conducted a survey with students and staff to identify issues of sexual harassment within University of Dhaka and used the data thus gathered to inform the policy that he formulated for his university. In March 2017, he brought together management, staff and students to validate the policy and put it into action. Currently, University of Dhaka is leading the way for other educational institutions in Bangladesh by implementing a proactive and inclusive anti-sexual harassment policy.