Namuma Mulindi is a human rights attorney and is currently the Policy Development and Advocacy Unit Specialist at Sonke Gender Justice. She specialises in policy advocacy on gender-based violence and femicide, sexual reproductive health rights and is a women’s rights advocate.

Zintle Tsholwana is the Advocacy Officer for Sisonke National Movement for Sex Worker. She currently holds two degrees – BA majoring in Law and English Literature, and Honours Degree in English Literature. She is a feminist who fully believes in sex positivity, the decriminalisation of sex work as well as protecting the Human Rights for all. In her role as Advocacy Officer, she has strengthened her passion for social justice and using her skills to empower sex workers to advocate for their rights. Her areas of interest include African Feminism and Gender Equality, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights, Law and Policy Reform. She believes that law and policy reform is an integral step towards achieving our collective goals towards the protection of health and human rights of Key Populations.

Russell Rensburg is a health activist working towards equitable health access to quality health care for rural and underserved communities and serves as the current RHAP director. He has over 15 years’ experience working on strengthening health systems, with 8 of those spent managing technical assistance in Eastern Africa and South Africa. He has a strong interest in strengthening the responsiveness of public finance allocation processes towards advancing the realisation of constitutionally enshrined socio-economic rights. He has served as a commissioner on the South Africa Lancet Commission for quality health systems as well on the ministerial task team tasked with the development of the National Human Resources for Health Strategy. He currently serves as a community rep on the SA Nursing Council and chairs the SANAC TB technical task team.