Kuhika Seth

Social Scientist

Delhi

India, South Asia

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Cohort Year:

2023

Bio

Researching on health systems for a decade, Kuhika Seth is a gender specialist, and her work has focussed on designing gender-equitable research, policies and programs. She is currently a Public Health and Tax Justice Coordinator at Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), a global research-policy-action network dedicated to improving working conditions for the working poor within the informal economy. Prior to WIEGO, she worked with diverse stakeholders from Asia and Africa on HIV and family planning to build engagement strategies to address social norms that compromise the health of women and girls. During her journey, she has extensively engaged with issues of power imbalances and systemic inequities from the lens of gender. She is a gender mentor at the Gender Equity Unit in Johns Hopkins University, and a India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellow.

Professional Interests & Expertise

Gender Equity,Health Systems and Health Insurance,LGBTQIA+ Equity,Research, Measurement, and Evaluation,Youth Development

Organization

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO)

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Learn more about Kuhika's work:

Opinion Piece

Centring the Margins: Sex workers continue to battle for identity, entitlements and dignity after COVID-19

Journal Article

Vulnerability to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) / Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among adolescent girls and young women in India: A rapid review

Journal Article

Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) interventions for strengthening HIV prevention and research among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)

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