Gita Sen has over 40 years of experience working nationally and internationally on gender equality and women’s human rights. Her work has ranged widely spanning poverty, population policies, human development, labour markets, and women’s health. She holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University.
She is currently Distinguished Professor and Senior Advisor of the Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India. She was for many years a professor of public policy at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and Adjunct Professor of Global Health and Population at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health.
Her current international positions include:
• Co-Chair of the Gender and Rights Advisory Panel of WHO’s Dept of Reproductive Health Research
• Member of the Lancet Commission on “A Synergistic Approach to Universal Health Coverage, Health Security and Health Promotion”.
She has been a member of the Governing Board of the National Health Systems Resource Centre, the Mission Steering Group for the National Rural Health Mission, and the High-Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage set up by India’s Planning Commission.
She is a widely published author and editor of journal articles and books, and has received a number of awards and honorary doctorates for her work on gender equality.
