Loveness Mudzuru
Loveness Mudzuru, a Social Worker and founder of Passionate Circles Trust, also works as a Research and Advocacy Associate at Rozaria Memorial Trust (RMT). With expertise in social protection and case management, she's a legal advocate, notably reforming child marriage laws in Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court in 2016. Her efforts led to a judgment setting 18 as the minimum marriage age, making all child marriages unconstitutional, amending marriage laws in 2022. She's also advanced Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), challenging the Constitutional Court to raise the age of sexual consent to 18.
Christina Pallitto
Christina Pallitto is a Scientist in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, where she leads the portfolio on harmful practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. Her work focuses on the development, testing and integration of evidence-based approaches that strengthen health systems and promote gender equality and rights. She has more than two decades of experience in research and programming on gender-based violence, harmful practices and reproductive health. She has a PhD in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.