Gita Sen
Gita Sen | |
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Born | India | October 30, 1948
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Delhi School of Economics, M.A. Stanford University, Ph.D. |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Main interests | Feminism, reproductive rights |
Gita Sen is an Indian feminist scholar. She is a Distinguished Professor & Director at the Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health, at the Public Health Foundation of India.[1] She is also an adjunct professor at Harvard University, a Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and the General Coordinator of DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era).[1]
Education[]
Sen received her M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.[1] She holds honorary doctorates from the University of East Anglia, the Karolinska Institute, the Open University, and the University of Sussex.
Career[]
Sen was the first chairperson of the World Bank's External Gender Consultative Group and was a member on the Millennium Project's Task-force on Gender Equality.[1]
Sen has worked with the United Nations in several capacities, including as the lead consultant for the United Nations Population Fund's 2003-2007 India Population Assessment. She also serves on the Scientific and Technical Advisory group for the World Health Organization's Department of Reproductive Health and Research.[1]
Currently, Sen is an adjunct professor of Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health[2] and a Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.[3] In 2020 she was honored with the Dan David Prize.[4]
Selected bibliography[]
Books[]
- Gender Equity in Health: the Shifting Frontiers of Evidence and Action (Routledge, 2010).
- Women's Empowerment and Demographic Processes – Moving Beyond Cairo (Oxford University Press/IUSSP, 2000).
- Population Policies Reconsidered: Health, Empowerment and Rights (Harvard University Press, 1994).
Journal Articles[]
- Sen, Gita; Benería, Lourdes (Spring 1982). "Class and Gender Inequalities and Women's Role in Economic Development: Theoretical and Practical Implications". . Feminist Studies. 8 (1): 157–176. doi:10.2307/3177584. JSTOR 3177584.
See also[]
Sources[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Gita Sen » High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development (Secretariat)". icpdtaskforce.org. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ "Gita Sen". Gita Sen. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Gita Sen". Mount Holyoke College. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ Dan David Prize 2020
- Living people
- American feminists
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- Stanford University alumni
- Delhi School of Economics alumni
- Indian feminists
- Multicultural feminism
- Postmodern feminists
- American women writers of Indian descent
- 1948 births