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Anita Pouchard Serra is a French-Argentinian photojournalist and visual storyteller, based in Buenos Aires and working in Latin America. She is a National Geographic Emergency Fund Recipient and a Pulitzer Center grantee (2020), a We, Women grantee by Photoville and Women Photograph (2019-2020), a Moving Walls fellow by Open Society Foundations (2018-2020), and an International Women’s Media Foundation grantee and fellow (2017, 2018, 2020).
By Joëlle Bufole and Douce Namwezi. Names have been changed to protect anonymity.
Roya Musawi is a journalist, public communicator, and writer with extensive experience in advocacy, and public relations. For the past 8 years, she has served in different national and international organizations  in support of human rights, women’s rights, youth, gender equality, IDPs, and returnees.
Toka Omar Qassem is a freelance constructive multimedia journalist, teaching assistant, and post producer. She has a Master’s degree in TV and Digital Journalism, and enjoys multitasking as a one-person crew. She has always wanted to focus on what’s beyond hard news.
Aluel Atem is a Development Economist who has a keen interest in Gender and Conflict Transformation. She is an African Feminist Activist who believes change is not only limited to offline and in-person engagements, media too is an effective tool for social change. She utilizes every space she occupies to initiate and or challenge narratives that reinforce gender stereotypes and roles. She hosts Gender Talk 211 an African-Feminist platform where South Sudanese explore and share resources, knowledge, experiences and skills that facilitate conversations on Gender.
Nusone Euphemia Perkins is Liberian feminist, a student leader, and a staunch advocate for women's active political political participation at all levels. She also works with local CSOs to tackle all forms of violence against women and girls. She led the 2022 Menstrual Hygiene Protest which calls for the removal of all taxes on sanitary products imported into Liberia.Trigger warning: discussion of rape and sexual assault
Maria Zhemchuzhnikova is a young Ukrainian woman who has since sought refuge with her family in Poland.

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