Mandira Paul Email & Phone Number

I work with sexual & reproductive health & rights, gender equality, public health and human rights more broadly. I currently work as a Senior Programme Specialist at Sida, Swedish International Development Copperation Agency, where I manage parts of our health portfolio under the Global Social Development Strategy, as well as am the technical lead for safe abortion care, and SRHR more broadly. I previously worked at UNFPA, in different capacities. Most recently as Maternal Health & SRHR technical specialist, where I lead the agencies work on prevention of unsafe abortion and a comprehensive approach to SRHR. In my previous roles at UNFPA, I was the technical lead of Adolescent and Youth SRHR at UNFPA. I also worked on issues inlc. child marriage and young people in humanitarian settings. Prior to this, I worked for 2 years as a programme officer at UNFPA Lao PDR, with a focus on AY, M&E and pop. & development. I also designed and coordinated the Pamoja Zone at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 (2019).PhD Theses 2016: "Simplifying Reproductive Health in Low-resource Settings: Access to Medical Abortion and Contraceptive Choice, the Importance of Gendered Structures in Rajasthan" Additional Activities:2020 - current: Technical Analyst Maternal Health & SRHR Linkages, SRH Branch, UNFPA HQ2018 - 2020: Technical Officer SRH Branch, UNFPA HQ2017: Emerging Leaders, Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education2016-18: M&E and Youth Programme Officer UNFPA Lao PDR2017: International Population Conference - Presented research on very young adolescents in Lao PDR2015: Internship WHO/ HRP - 'Health care provider roles in abortion care' (http://srhr.org/safeabortion/)2015: Consultant at WHO Collaborating Center Stockholm - Global Abortion Policy Database2015: FIGO Congress, Vancouver - Presented 4 abstracts2014: Adolescent health in LMIC countries - LSHTM & WHO2014: Academic guest researcher, Oxford University14 peer reviewed published articles/commentariesin the area of SRHRRelevant experience- Internship within FP & HIV prevention programs in Mozambique (6 months)- Consultancy for Swedish Cooperation Center where I authored 2 manuals for HIV prevention & SRHR in Portuguese- Coordinator of HIV prevention and SRHR education at Kulima in Mozambique- Founder of a SRHR awareness project in Maputo, communicating SRHR through cultural events and dance workshops- AIESEC Exchange in Jos, Nigeria working with HIV prevention (3 months)Specialties: SRHR, Advocacy, Policy making, Gender equality, Project Management, Strategy and Program development

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