Mpho is a criminologist and development practitioner with over 12 years’ experience leading tri-sector social impact initiatives across Africa and Europe. She currently serves as the Accountability Co-lead for the What Works II Consortium, a global effort to prevent violence against women and girls through evidence-based interventions. In her previous work, she conducted a backlash and containment research that supported Co- Impact’s $1 Billion Gender Fund. Mpho is passionate about transforming lives and believes in the possibility of a world free of poverty, where equity and dignity is possible when youth, women and girls drive the development agenda as agents of change. She has wealth of experience on gender, diversity & inclusion, & violence against women and girls. Mpho completed her MSc in International Development (Gender) from the University of Bristol England. Mpho is also a 2025-2026 Gender Equity Evidence Accelerator Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.