Dr Manuela Balliet Ahogo is a public-health researcher with expertise in violence against children and child health. She is Deputy Director for Data and Research at Together for Girls, providing strategic leadership of the organisation’s data, research, and evidence-generation agenda.

Manuela works with governments, multilateral partners, and survivor-led organisations to integrate violence prevention into health, education, and social protection systems. She holds a PhD in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and was recognised for the Best Young Researcher Presentation at the SVRI Conference in 2019.