Purnima Mane is an Indian author and sexual and reproductive health expert who held many senior leadership roles in United Nations and global health roles. She serves on the board of governors of the

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and is the founding editor of Culture, Health and Sexuality academic journal.

Education

Mane has a bachelor's degree in psychology from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and a master of arts, a

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, and a

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from the

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) is a multi-campus public research university in Mumbai, India. It is Asia's oldest institute for professional social work education and was founded in 1936 in then Bombay Presidency of British India as ...

. She was awarded a postdoctoral

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to study women and HIV at the

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the public health graduate school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. As the second independent, degree-granting institution for research in epi ...

, and is a winner of the Fulbright Foundation’s Global Changemaker Award.

Career

Mane has worked in academia as an associate professor at the Tata Institute and as a visiting professorial fellow at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensive ...

, teaching at its Centre for Social Research in Health. She is the founding editor of Culture, Health and Sexuality academic journal, and is on the editorial advisory committee of the ''

International Journal of Sexual Health The ''International Journal of Sexual Health'' is a peer review, peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being. It is the official journal of the World Associat ...

.'' Mane has performed many roles at the United Nations including Vice-President, International Programmes, Population Council,

United Nations Population Fund The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work includes developing national healthcare strategies ...

. She has held senior leadership roles at

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

and the

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) (, ONUSIDA) is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an e ...

. She was the chief fund portfolio director for

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (or simply the Global Fund) is an international financing and partnership organization that aims to "attract, leverage and invest additional resources to end the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, t ...

and the CEO and president of

Pathfinder International Pathfinder International, based in Watertown, Massachusetts, US, is a global non-profit organization 501(c)(3) that focuses on reproductive health, family planning, HIV/AIDS prevention and care, and maternal health. The organization operates in m ...

. She served on the boards of director of the

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) is a global not-for-profit, public-private partnership working to accelerate the development of vaccines to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. IAVI researches and develops vaccine candidates, conduct ...

and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation. She serves on the board of governors of the

Books

* Co-editor of ''Sex, Drugs and Young People: International Perspectives (Sexuality, Culture and Health),'' published by

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in 2015, * Author of ''Aids Prevention, The Socio Cultural Context in India, published by

'' in 1992,

Personal life

Mane lives in

San Mateo, California San Mateo ( ; ) is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco, the city borders Burlingame to the north, Hillsborough to the west, San Francisco Bay and Foster C ...

References

External links

Impatient Optimists
blog hosted by

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), a merging of the William H. Gates Foundation and the Gates Learning Foundation, is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was l ...

Huffington Post contributions

. * 201
CNN interview
about the global reproductive health needs
UNAIDS Interview

RH Reality Check publications

Twitter
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