
Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator Fellowship Program
Our 2024–2025 Scholars
The Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator Fellowship Program is a year-long inaugural cohort program offering sponsored mentorship and select coursework at the Johns Hopkins University to practitioners, professionals, and scholars engaged in gender equity work, including those focused on gender-based violence (GBV), particularly in low- and middle-income settings.
The program is offered through Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. To learn about the program, visit the main page for details.
Congratulations to our inaugural Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator cohort for 2024–2025. This diverse group represents practitioners, professionals, and scholars from across the globe.

Abigael Mwende Malelu
Research Assistant
Scars for Resilience Women and Girls Empowerment Center
Kenyatta University

Ayodeji Matthew Adebayo
Lecturer
Department of Community Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Ibadan

Nada Zeineb Ben Jemaa
GBV Program Officer
UNFPA Tunisia

Tein Wann
Gender Coordinator
Oxfam Myanmar

Lorato Palesa Modongo
Gender Research Office
African Union CIEFFA and Stellenbosch University

Lusine Aslanyan
Lead Researcher
American University of Armenia
Coalition to Stop Violence against Women

Omera Naseer
Public Health Physician
Pakistan National Institutes of Health

Sunu C. Thomas
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences

Suresh Jungari
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies
Centre of Demography of Gender
International Institute for Population Sciences

Mobolaji Modinat Salawu
Lecturer/Medical Doctor
Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
College of Medicine
University of Ibadan

Tricia Basdeo-Gobin
Regional Director
Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN)

Helen Akinyemi
Gender Lead
Oxfam Nigeria