Alethea is a senior technical specialist on Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). She has particular experience of working on female genital mutilation/cutting and menstrual health programming, having managed over 50 grants working on the topics across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Alethea has also overseen extensive capacity building programmes and led teams conducting research and impact evaluations. She is the Deputy Director of the Menstrual Cup Coalition and an expert in designing research and strategies which translate knowledge to replicable, scalable, and sustainable interventions.