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Rikky Minyuku is an independent human rights, development and facilitation consultant. Specialising in participatory multi-stakeholder processes gives her the opportunity to promote her passion for equality and human rights. She uses feminist approaches to accelerate systemic change in gender equality, DEIB and gender-based violence prevention. Pronouns? She/Her Born? Johannesburg South Africa Status? Single mother of … Read more
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Verashni Pillay is the founder of explain.co.za, a platform offering accessible and empowering news to those who don’t usually follow current affairs. She is a CNN African Journalism Award winner, an Open Society Foundations and Mandela Washington Fellow, and was named one of the BBC’s 100 Women. She was editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian … Read more
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Leonie Joubert is a science expert, writer and author whose work focuses on climate and environmental breakdown, energy policy and the ways modern cities and food systems leave people hungry, unhealthy and excluded. Over the past two decades she has developed a wealth of expertise on these issues, sharing her research in books, long form … Read more
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Dr Shakira Choonara is a multi-award-winning independent public health practitioner. She is widely recognised for championing universal health coverage, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and youth development. She serves is a member of the International Congress Council for the upcoming 18th World Congress on Public Health to be … Read more
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Artist, academic and activist Dr Farieda Nazier uses memory work to look at how present-day experiences are influenced by colonial and apartheid history. Her sculptural and video installations intend to provoke discussion and engagement. (Memory work is a process of engaging with the past through ethical and historical lenses.) Born: 10 January 1980 in Mitchell’s … Read more
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Zuha Ajlan is a South African neuroscientist and an advocate for education in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine. She is the founder of Shadow A Scientist, a non-profit company dedicated to making careers in STEM more accessible to young scientists in Africa. Since 2022, Shadow A Scientist has reached over 3,000 students across South … Read more
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Tegwyn Megannon is a Cape Town-based professional with a strong academic background and a passion for tracking progress, measuring impact, and driving meaningful improvements. As a Monitoring and Evaluation Intern at Quote This Woman+ (QW+), she draws inspiration from her grandmother, champions climate action, and envisions a future with a Universal Basic Income Grant for all South Africans. … Read more
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Palesa Daisy Manasoe is a Quote This Woman+ (QW+) Voices Fellowship member from Mpumalanga and a QW+ Intern. Her aim is ensuring that social justice issues remain a central focus in public discourse. Pronouns? She/Her Born? 08 November, 2002 School? Vezilwazi Secondary School University? University of Johannesburg First job? I worked as a database volunteer … Read more
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Wendy Papo is a dynamic communication and media professional who recently joined us as our new Database and Community Manager. A dedicated mother of four, Wendy effortlessly balances the responsibilities of being a student, a wife, and an invaluable team member at QW+. Her passion for development issues drives her every day, and she finds … Read more
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Chisom Ejimkaraonye is a civic leader and advocate from Nigeria, currently working remotely in a role she describes as a “surreal dream come true.” This role as the programme assistant for the QW+ Woman+ Voices 24/25 South African Fellowship. Ejimkaraonye says the best thing about this role is that while she’s working hard to ensure … Read more