Dr Nour Abu-Assab is an interdisciplinary scholar, practitioner, mentor, and consultant with over 20 years of experience advancing social justice across the Global South and beyond. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Warwick (2012) and is Co-Founder and Co-Director of CTDC. Her expertise spans research, policy, education, safeguarding, and organisational development, with a focus on governance, organisational and collective change and transformation, as well as leadership, diversity and inclusion, and decolonising in practice. A published academic, Dr Abu-Assab writes on identities, migration, sexualities, post-colonialism, and decolonial and intersectional methodologies. She is particularly interested in race theories, sociolinguistics, organisational psychology, collective and institutional trauma, conflict management, mediation, and non-violent communication as tools for deep, systemic transformation.

Dr Nof Nasser-Eddin is an interdisciplinary academic and practitioner with over 20 years of global experience in research, education, capacity building, conflict settings, and organisational change. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Warwick (2011) and is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of CTDC. A published scholar, her work draws on feminist, decolonial, intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches to refugees and migration, gender performances, sexualities, and safeguarding. She brings extensive multisectoral expertise through collaborations with international, intergovernmental, and non-governmental agencies, as well as academic institutions, grassroots movements, and private sector partners, co-creating context-specific, innovative solutions. She is especially interested in psychotherapy, trauma-informed approaches, attachment theory, healing practices, internal power and agency, and the role of class in shaping lived experience and institutional dynamics.

Mais Belal Afaneh is a feminist advocate and expert in women’s rights and gender equality with over 15 years of experience across the Middle East and North Africa. Her work spans women’s economic and political participation, the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and gender mainstreaming in humanitarian and development contexts. Mais brings extensive experience in project design, fundraising, M&E, and regional partnerships, and has contributed to several key research publications. She is also a skilled facilitator of high-level dialogues, conferences, and trainings. Currently pursuing a PhD in Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa, her research focuses on Muslim women’s mobilities under Jordan’s Personal Status Law. She holds a Master’s in Women’s Studies from the University of Jordan and is fluent in Arabic and English.

Sofian Antonellini is a seasoned gender and inclusion practitioner, anti-oppression trainer, and facilitator with over 13 years of global experience advancing social and gender justice. As an Argentinian intersectional feminist and decolonial thinker, they are deeply committed to equity, empowerment, and cross-sector collaboration. Their work spans grassroots feminist organizing, transnational advocacy, and cross-movement network building. Sofian specializes in developing inclusive strategies that strengthen Organisational culture, drive meaningful community engagement, and support resilient feminist networks. Fluent in Spanish, English, and Italian, Sofian holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Master’s in Gender and Intersectionality.

Hoda Barakat is a facilitator, educator, and organisational change expert with extensive experience in rights-based programming for sustainable impact. Over 17 years, she has specialised in education programming, multi-stakeholder processes, and gender-sensitive and feminist facilitation. She has worked with international and local civil society organisations, designing and facilitating international convenings and Organisational and strategic processes. As an instructional designer, she has designed and implemented blended learning programmes, and self-paced online courses on diverse topics. Fluent in English, Arabic, and French, she holds a degree from Université Saint Joseph and completed the Leadership, Organising, and Action Programme at Harvard Kennedy School.

Dr Ella Scheepers is a feminist facilitator and organisational researcher with a PhD (in progress) from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business. Ella is a transdisciplinary practitioner with over a decade of experience working across social justice, human rights, and systems change in the Global South. Her work bridges academic inquiry, facilitation, and organisational accompaniment, with a focus on building more caring and just institutions. Her areas of expertise include organisational wellbeing, feminist approaches to governance and facilitation, social purpose organising, and participatory research methodologies. She has collaborated with grassroots collectives, NGOs, foundations, and academic institutions, both locally and internationally, on projects related to inclusion, institutional change, and reflective practice. Ella’s writing explores themes of feminist organising, reflexivity, collective care, and systemic justice. Her publications appear in platforms such as Gender & Development, Open Global Rights, and the Journal of Regenerative Theory. She is currently completing her doctoral research on building purposeful, caring organisations from the inside out.

Dr Sara Shroff is a transnational scholar and feminist practitioner based in Toronto, Canada, with 20 years of experience across academia and social justice philanthropy. She holds a PhD from The New School (Urban and Public Policy), with expertise spanning gender, education, development economics, and entrepreneurship in the Global South. Her work sits at the intersection of feminist development economics, philanthropy and nonprofit studies, South Asian studies, and migration and diaspora studies. Sara is currently a Research Fellow at the University of Waterloo and has held appointments at York University’s Centre for Feminist Research, Lahore University of Management Sciences, the University of Toronto, Pace University, and New York University. She serves on the editorial board of Gender, Place & Culture and has published widely across leading journals and edited volumes.