Irene George is an adjunct faculty at the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, UAE. and coeditor of the Handbook of Research on Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment. She presents and publishes widely on gender issues.

Moly Kuruvilla is the Founding Director and Professor at Department of Women's Studies, University of Calicut, Kerala, India and advisor to the Asian-African Association for Women, Gender and Sexuality (AAAWGS). She is also coeditor of the Handbook of Research on Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment (IGI Global, California).