Marie-Evelyne Petrus-Barry is the Africa regional director at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She has over 30 years of international human rights experience and leads her team to advocate, promote, and deliver sexual and reproductive health and rights in 42 sub-Saharan countries. Her leadership helps ensure that IPPF’s Africa regional office, through locally owned organizations, protects and safeguards the rights of the most vulnerable in society.