Mamello is a registered nurse-midwife dedicated to improving healthcare service delivery in the rural areas of Lesotho, where there is a high maternal mortality rate. Mamello left her job at the biggest hospital in the country to join a community clinic where she believes her impact can be the greatest. Her passion for improving the healthcare system and empowering young women to take control of their health led her to start an adolescent corner, which she has incorporated into the clinic.

Mamello is a SheDecides leader in Lesotho, where she contributed towards the development and the inclusivity of the SADC SRHR strategy on sexual health. She is also a member of SAFAIDS Youth Advocacy and Accountability, where she advocates for the up-scaling of the prevention of unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions among sexually active adolescents. As a gender and maternal health advocate, Mamello has represented Lesotho on various international platforms, including the International Conference on Population and Development held in Kenya and the virtual 65th Commission on the Status of Women held in New York. She has also received recognition as an African Hero in Global Health, Education and Development in 2021 by the Bill Gates Ventures in Washington D.C.

Kelly provides overall strategic leadership for Ibis, a research organisation with partnerships in more than 30 countries. Before joining Ibis, Kelly worked at the Population Council and was a Fulbright Scholar in Ghana. Kelly’s research has focused on improving contraception and abortion technologies; expanding access to and quality of abortion services; and documenting the impact of policies on reproductive health. She believes research can catalyse change and that partnerships with advocates, healthcare providers, and policymakers can ensure research questions are relevant and the findings will lead to real change.

Eugenia is a queer feminist and a passionate advocate for reproductive justice. She has worked with rural and indigenous people, youth, LGBTIQ+ populations, sex workers and women with HIV. She funded DECIDIR: youth coalition of sexual citizenship that focussed on abortion, and the first abortion fund of Latin America, the Abortion Fund for Social Justice: MARIA, in Mexico. She has worked to expand access to abortion for the last 25 years in Latin America.

Marevic is the Executive Director of the Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), a Global South-based network that connects and strengthens movements for sexual & reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice. She has been an activist for over three decades and has a strong background in grassroots activism. She has extensive experience in movement strengthening for SRHR and justice and has helped establish abortion advocacy networks in eight countries, including the Philippines.

Rawan Raad is a medical student and women's rights activist, with an immense passion for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), bodily autonomy, and meaningful and inclusive youth participation.

Over the past 5 years, Rawan designed and implemented several high-impact national projects and initiatives across Sudan with a focus on health systems, SRHR, and meaningful and inclusive youth engagement.