
Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator Fellowship Scholars
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 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½. 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
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Help-seeking and professional working status among survivors of intimate partner violence in Kenya: A comparative study

Ayodeji Matthew Adebayo
Lecturer
Department of Community Medicine
College of Medicine
University of Ibadan
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Regional differences in intimate partner violence risk among female youth in Nigeria: a secondary data analysis of the National Demographic Health Survey, 2018

Nada Zeineb Ben Jemaa
GBV Program Officer
UNFPA Tunisia
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Technology-facilitated gender-based violence and mental health outcomes in tunisia

Tein Wann
Gender Coordinator
Oxfam Myanmar
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Self-reported disability and intimate partner violence among women in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lorato Palesa Modongo
Gender Research Office
African Union CIEFFA and Stellenbosch University
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Improving understanding of emergent and understudied forms of gender-based violence (GBV) in Botswana in alignment with the South African Development Community (SADC) GBV Strategy: A policy analysis

Lusine Aslanyan
Lead Researcher
American University of Armenia
Coalition to Stop Violence against Women
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Awareness about support services for victims of gender-based violence among women in Armenia

Omera Naseer
Public Health Physician
Pakistan National Institutes of Health
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Gendered dynamics and behavioral and social drivers of childhood vaccination in urban slums of Pakistan

Sunu C. Thomas
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Childlessness and intimate partner violence in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey

Suresh Jungari
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health and Mortality Studies
Centre of Demography of Gender
International Institute for Population Sciences
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Digital empowerment and intimate partner violence among women in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey

Mobolaji Modinat Salawu
Lecturer/Medical Doctor
Department of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics
College of Medicine
University of Ibadan
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Intimate partner violence and abortion among women in Nigeria

Tricia Basdeo-Gobin
Regional Director
Caribbean Male Action Network (CariMAN)
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Understanding masculine attitudes and associations with intimate partner violence perpetration in Trinidad and Tobago

Helen Akinyemi
Gender Lead
Oxfam Nigeria
Evidence Accelerator Brief Title:
Analysis of selected policies in Nigeria that promote the physical well-being of sexual violence survivors