Shireen Jejeebhoy is a demographer and social scientist, currently Visiting Distinguished Faculty at the International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai, founder and director, Aksha Centre for Equity and Wellbeing, Mumbai, and President, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Paris. Previously, she served as Senior Associate, Population Council, India and Scientist, Reproductive Health and Research Department, WHO, Geneva. Her research has focused on adolescent and youth health and development (she led India’s first sub-national survey of youth), the empowerment of women and girls, gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights including abortion and child marriage.
