Population & Demography

I am a Gender Equality and Human Rights specialist working for 25 years as a team leader and policy advisor on gender equality and women's empowerment with governmental and non-governmental organisations such as the European Commission, UN WOMEN, the Italian Development Cooperation, Oxfam (GB and Intermón), other NGOs and consultancy firms. I obtained a Master’s in Studies of Sexual Difference from the University of Barcelona and a Master's in Human and Women’s Rights in Islam from the University of Rome La Sapienza. My Sectoral Expertise includes Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Reintegration Policies for GBV Survivors, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender and Environmental Management. My Regional Expertise includes MENA region, Africa, Latin America.

I am a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania. My specialties are Machine Learning & AI, Bayesian optimization, and Survival Analysis. My research focuses on developing and applying advanced modeling techniques in research areas that include public health, climate modeling, forecasting energy demand, and population dynamics.
With a combination of academic and industry experience, I have contributed to numerous high-impact projects and have published scholarly articles in statistics and machine learning. My long-term goal is to leverage AI to develop tools that offer solutions tailored to Africa's unique challenges, bridging research and the real-world impact.

Global Health consultant with a passion for in-depth analysis, strategic planning and evaluation, an eye for interdependence, participation and a focus on resolving challenges and bottlenecks in execution in a range of contexts.

Key qualifications: Health Policy, Planning & Financing; Primary Health Care, Tropical Medicine & Public Health; Management.
In-depth management experience with different models of bilateral and interagency cooperation: CSOs, IOs & delegated projects, budget support & technical assistance, audit, monitoring & evaluation.
Results-oriented: Highly skilled in context analysis, beyond the technical content of health interventions, for realistic and effective programme design. This includes the engagement of actors, inter-institutional and multi-sector collaboration and processes in the relief development nexus.
Specific health sector expertise: primary health care including the integration of vertical programs (e.g., TB, HIV/AIDS, malaria, and mother-and-child health), and evaluation of humanitarian projects.
Management and training of human resources, team player, team builder, and team leader of up to 30+ international and local staff.