Gender and Learning in Rwanda

Professor Shirley Randell AO, PhD was the founding director of the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development at the Kigali Institute of Education. After over 20 years of senior policy and administrative work at Commonwealth, State and Local Government levels in Australia, she has provided specialist technical assistance to governments and agencies in Africa and the Asia Pacific Region over the last 20 years. She is a leading expert in public sector and institutional reform, teacher education, gender mainstreaming and human rights in developing countries.

Hilary Yerbury has worked on programs to support the development of researchers, both as students and as established academics. Appointed Adjunct Professor and formerly Associate Professor in Information Management at the University of Technology Sydney, she brings a diverse background in European social and political cultures, anthropology, librarianship and development studies to the important topic of the use of information in everyday decision-making and in social change. She is a passionate supporter of open access scholarly publishing and a mentor to young scholars. She has extensive experience in working with young people on development issues.

Astrid Escrig-Pinol is a professor and researcher. She holds a PhD in Public Health from the University of Toronto, with a specialisation in Global Health. Her research interests focus on the social determinants of health and health systems strengthening, using research as a tool to promote social justice and health equity. Astrid has an MA in Critical International Development Studies and a BA in Journalism. Professionally, she has extensive experience in qualitative research, teaching, non-profit program management, and knowledge mobilisation.