Paneles Regionales de Pares

Bárbara Paes is an organiser working at the intersection of social justice, power and technology. She has led a variety of projects exploring how civil society is impacted by digital technologies. She is one of the co-founders of Instituto Minas Programam, an organisation dedicated to sharing knowledge about technology with Black girls and women from São Paulo, Brazil.

Nathalie (She/her) is a feminist activist, co-founder and first general coordinator of MARIJÀN, a young feminist organization based in Haiti. She holds degrees in political science and feminist studies from the University of Ottawa. She is the recipient of the 2018 Bernard Grandmaître Young Leader of the Year Award in Ontario and of Women have Wings. Nathalie defines herself as a Caribbean feminist. Her work focuses on advocating for social justice through activism and capacity building of local youth organizations. She specializes in promoting women's political representation and the rights of sex workers and LGBTQI communities. She and her team are working on the first Women and Girls in STEM Forum for TIFI DJANM clubs in MARIJÀN in Haiti.

Kabelo (Them/They) is from Pretoria in South Africa. They are an Industrial Engineering student from The Cape Peninsula University of technology. Kabelo led the student population for 2 terms (2019-2021) then elected as The Regional Executive. They have held multiple other positions while also experiencing a lot of marginalisation which led them to Champion and advance the rights of the LGBTQIA+ Community and  was appointed as the Provencial Organiser (2021 until now) for the LGBTQIA+ under the Women's League. Kabelo is also a part of the Committee which was reviewing and making submissions to the South African parliament About the Hate Crime speech Bill. They are a mental activist and took part in the formation of the data mental bank in the Mindgap through Higher health from the University of Washington in the United States of America. Was recently Appointed as officer of the Executive leading information and communication from the South African higher Education Queer Alliance. I lastly Believe in Development, Change, Access and Transformation.

Chimeremma (she/her) has over 5 years experience as an information management specialist who has managed teams on data processing and research, currently a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, the founder and creative director of FemSTEM Africa. Her dedication and passion for work have gotten her several awards in the IEEE community and the Nigeria Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT). She has mentored thousands of students across Nigeria and has trained over 1500 girls from rural communities and low income families in stem-related courses such as data science, Cybersecurity and product design. Recently, Chimeremma has been involved in pushing the FemSTEM initiative, aimed at sensitizing young girls about digital literacy as well as providing them with skill-up opportunities where they can learn tech skills for free. She is a compassionate person and shows deep interest in improving the lives of the vulnerable and less privileged in her community.

Ebenye Veronica (she/her) is a Medical Doctor with experience providing healthcare in humanitarian-crisis affected areas in Cameroon with particular focus on adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.  She is a project lead at Health Education and Research Organization (HERO) Cameroon where she has organised several projects to promote menstrual hygiene awareness and management.  She is a member of the Commonwealth Youth Gender Equality Network (CYGEN) and YOUNGA Delegate where she has been able to work with UN Women during the 65th Commission On The Status of Women, the world’s largest annual gender equality event. She is the founder of Sexual Health Companion, a platform which provides digital comprehensive sexuality education and empowers adolescents to access youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services. She has recorded global impact in digital health promotion and was described as 2022 Techwomen emerging leader by the US department of state for Cultural Affairs.

Patricia (she/her) is an African Feminist and a Human Rights Practitioner living and working in Uganda. She works with Irise Institute East Africa as a Programme Manager and Coordinates the Period Equality Network East Africa. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Ethics and Human Rights and is pursuing a Master of Health Sciences in Bioethics from Makerere University.

She has served in various advisory roles. Currently is a youth advisor of the Vibrant Voices Consortium hosted by the Global Network of People living with HIV. She has 5 years of experience in policy advocacy and program management with a keen interest in gender equality and health justice for youth and women. She loves blogging, creativity, and volunteering.

Mercy (she/her) is an intersectional African feminist with a commitment to human rights, social and gender justice, girls and young women rights. She has an extensive experience in Participatory GrantMaking and Feminist Grants Management. She is a member of the Gender, Youth and Inclusion Working Group of the Love Alliance Consortium, a program that works to protect, promote and fulfill SRHR globally. The working group coordinates the program’s approach to gender mainstreaming and meaningful youth participation through bringing the gender and youth lenses into the grant making and advocacy processes. She sits on the Global Resilience Fund Activist Panel as an Advisor to the fund, as well as a Panelist. She also sits on the Global Advisory Network of Mama Cash as an Advisor. She’s passionate about purposefully and intentionally creating safe spaces for girls and young women, sexual and gender minorities, that encourage inter-generational learning and agency.

Kimberley (she/her) is a STREAM specialist who likes to inspire and help people of all ages understand and apply STEM in their daily life, work and school. During her bachelor study (ICT in Education) she had a module on STEM and STEAM education given by Professor Padhu Seshaiyer which motivated her to become a strong advocate for STEM education. Serving as one of the two local coordinators for the BE-STREAMING project for the Ministry of Education which stands for Basic Education in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics for Improving the Next Generation Kimberley impacted over 1000 teachers and thousands of students from over 100 schools in various districts all over Suriname by producing and presenting the most compelling, exciting, and educational activities. She co-developed STREAM-videos for a “school tv” project which was broadcasted on multiple television channels nationally for MINOWC during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberley also co-created the project STREAMING-Saturdays, physically bringing STEM to especially underprivileged neighborhoods and the interior within the COVID-19 protocols.