Petrider Paul, is an African Union Commission Youth Advisory Council Member at the Office of the AU Youth Envoy - she is a renowned girls and women’s rights defender, and an influencer for promotion of children’s rights and a team leader of Voice out Gender-Based Violence Initiative, she holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Dodoma and a Post-Graduate in Economic Diplomacy from the Center for Foreign Relations in the – United Republic of Tanzania, a Points of Light Awardee recipient from Her Majesty the Queen II 2018 for her voluntary work to campaign to end child marriage and Gender-based violence in the Commonwealth.