Gender Equality Design Labs
Role: Project Director
Challenge: Women’s health innovations often overlook local values and lived experiences, especially in under-resourced settings, while traditional research methods are slow, costly, and lack relevance at scale.
Approach: Developed a scalable mixed-methods research model with local partners in Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal running multilingual panels which keep lived experience central to reproductive health innovation. The Labs created a continuous feedback loop for funders to test hypotheses, compare markets, and move from signal to action faster by prioritizing the right interventions and reducing risk.
Outcome: Delivered rich, actionable insights on women’s health decisions and product preferences, with scalable tools adaptable across sectors that maintain community-focused design principles.
