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. She is also an adjunct professor at

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, a professor emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and the General Coordinator of DAWN (

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Education

Sen received her M.A. in Economics from

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and her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. She holds honorary doctorates from the

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, the

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, the

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, and the

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Career

Sen was the first chairperson of the

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's External Gender Consultative Group and was a member on

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's Task-force on Gender Equality. Sen has worked with the

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in several capacities, including as the lead consultant for the

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's 2003–2007 India Population Assessment. She also serves on the Scientific and Technical Advisory group for the

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's Department of Reproductive Health and Research. Currently, Sen is an adjunct professor of Global Health and Population at the

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and a professor emeritus at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. In 2020 she was honored with the

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.Dan David Prize 2020
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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

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