Gita Sen

Gita Sen

Principal Visiting Fellow

Institute
UNU-IIGH

Gita Sen is a Principal Visiting Fellow at UNU-IIGH.

Gita Sen is Professor Emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, former director of the Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India; and on the executive committee of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN). Her key research areas are health and population; gender and development; and inequality. 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. She has worked with the United Nations in several capacities, including as the lead consultant for the United Nations Population Fund’s India Population Assessment.

Publications

News

Global Call to Action: Addressing Women's Health Amidst Multiple Crises

Lancet comment stresses need for gender-focused health solutions and collective action.

24 Jul 2024

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