Ben joined Publish What You Fund as Research Assistant in February 2022 to work on the Women’s Economic Empowerment team. Ben has a background in statistics and data analytics and has completed his bachelors in Mathematics from The University of Edinburgh. His dissertation used Monte Carlo simulation to study partisan gerrymandering in the UK political […]

Mekila joined Publish What You Fund as Research Assistant in January 2022 to work on the DFI Transparency Initiative. Prior to this, he worked with Global Citizen as the UK Global Policy and Advocacy Fellow. Mekila is the author of the book Against the Odds and has two academic articles to his name in the […]

Chelsie joined Publish What you Fund in October 2021 as a Research Assistant working on the Women’s Economic Empowerment project. She has a background in gender equality and human rights. Previously Chelsie worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the topic of anti-corruption. Most recently she has worked with an African […]

CONSULTANT Nazmus Sayeed Sharon has extensive working experience in designing, executing and coordinating initiatives on women’s economic empowerment. While working for the International Labour Organization (ILO), Sayeed was among the chief implementors of the Gender Equality and Returns (GEAR) Initiative with the IFC and JICE, which aimed to reduce gender imbalances in supervisory and managerial […]

CONSULTANT Iris Caluag has over 7 years in policy advocacy for women’s economic empowerment and extensive background in WEE-related research, advocacy, capacity building, networking and stakeholder engagement in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Philippines, Indonesia, and the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. Prior to her current consultancy with the Asian Development Bank, Iris worked as the Youth […]

CONSULTANT Betty Maina is the Managing Director of Brainwave Strategy Consultants, a thinking house that provides consulting services for the development sector. She is a Social Development Specialist with over 18 years experience working in the development sector, having worked in Government, international development organisations such as the World Bank, and Heinrich Boell Foundation and […]