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| name = Geeta Rao Gupta
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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| birth_place       = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| occupation =  
| occupation         = United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues (nominee)
| alma_mater = [[Bangalore University]], [[University of Delhi]]
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'''Geeta Rao Gupta''' (born 1956 in [[Mumbai]], India) is a [[Activism|leader]] on [[gender]], women's issues, and [[HIV/AIDS]] who has been serving as Executive Director of the 3D Program for Girls and Women and Senior Fellow at the [[United Nations Foundation]] since 2017. She is frequently consulted on issues related to AIDS prevention and women's vulnerability to HIV and is an advocate for women's economic and social empowerment to fight disease, poverty and hunger.
'''Geeta Rao Gupta''' (born 1956 in [[Mumbai]], India) is a [[Activism|leader]] on [[gender]], women's issues, and [[HIV/AIDS]] who has been serving as executive director of the 3D Program for Girls and Women and senior fellow at the [[United Nations Foundation]] since 2017. She is frequently consulted on issues related to AIDS prevention and women's vulnerability to HIV and is an advocate for women's economic and social empowerment to fight disease, poverty and hunger.


Rao Gupta is former president of the [[International Center for Research on Women]] (ICRW). She began working with ICRW in 1988 as a consultant, researcher, and officer, and headed the private, non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. from 1997 through April 2010. She stepped down to join the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] as a senior fellow from 2010 to 2011. Appointed by [[United Nations Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon]], she served as Deputy Executive Director for [[UNICEF]] and the Vice Chair of the Board for the [[GAVI Alliance]] from 2011 to 2016.
Rao Gupta is former president of the [[International Center for Research on Women]] (ICRW). She began working with ICRW in 1988 as a consultant, researcher, and officer, and headed the private, non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., from 1997 through April 2010. She stepped down to join the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] as a senior fellow from 2010 to 2011. Appointed by [[United Nations Secretary-General]] [[Ban Ki-moon]], she served as deputy executive director for [[UNICEF]] and the vice chair of the board for the [[GAVI Alliance]] from 2011 to 2016.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Rao Gupta grew up in [[Mumbai]] and [[Delhi]], India, and received her education from the [[University of Delhi]] and [[Bangalore University]] (India).
Rao Gupta grew up in [[Mumbai]] and [[Delhi]], India, and received her education from the [[University of Delhi]] and [[Bangalore University]].


Rao Gupta received a Ph.D. in social psychology from [[Bangalore University]], an M. Phil in organizational behavior from the [[University of Delhi]], and a master's in clinical of psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the [[University of Delhi]].<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Rao Gupta received a Ph.D. in social psychology from Bangalore University, an M.Phil. in organizational behavior from the University of Delhi, and a master's in clinical of psychology and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Delhi.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>


==Career==
==Career==
While working toward her advanced degrees in social psychology, Rao Gupta worked as a counselor at a drop-in center in New Delhi and lectured in the psychology departments of several universities. At the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Rao Gupta worked with a team to develop the first women's studies curriculum for graduate students in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/participants/geeta-rao-gupta |title=Geeta Rao Gupta &#124; Columbia University World Leaders Forum |publisher=Worldleaders.columbia.edu |date=2006-06-08 |accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref>
While working toward her advanced degrees in social psychology, Rao Gupta worked as a counselor at a drop-in center in New Delhi and lectured in the psychology departments of several universities. At the [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]], Rao Gupta worked with a team to develop the first women's studies curriculum for graduate students in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldleaders.columbia.edu/participants/geeta-rao-gupta |title=Geeta Rao Gupta &#124; Columbia University World Leaders Forum |publisher=Worldleaders.columbia.edu |date=8 June 2006 |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref>


In the mid-1980s, Rao Gupta moved to the United States and began working at the [[International Center for Research on Women]] (ICRW) in 1988. She has held a number of positions with ICRW, including consultant, researcher and vice-president.  In the 1990s, Rao Gupta headed a ground-breaking, 15-country research program that identified the social and economic roots of women's vulnerability to HIV infection. Rao Gupta became president of ICRW in 1996.
In the mid-1980s, Rao Gupta moved to the United States and began working at the [[International Center for Research on Women]] (ICRW) in 1988. She has held a number of positions with ICRW, including consultant, researcher and vice-president.  In the 1990s, Rao Gupta headed a ground-breaking, 15-country research program that identified the social and economic roots of women's vulnerability to HIV infection. Rao Gupta became president of ICRW in 1996.
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Rao Gupta currently serves as co-convener of the Social Drivers Working Group of aids2031, an international initiative commissioned by [[UNAIDS]] to chart a course for a global response to AIDS over the next twenty-five years. She served as co-chair of the U.N. Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Youth Employment and from 2002 to 2005, she co-chaired the U.N. Millennium Project's Task Force on Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women.
Rao Gupta currently serves as co-convener of the Social Drivers Working Group of aids2031, an international initiative commissioned by [[UNAIDS]] to chart a course for a global response to AIDS over the next twenty-five years. She served as co-chair of the U.N. Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Youth Employment and from 2002 to 2005, she co-chaired the U.N. Millennium Project's Task Force on Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women.


In 2016, [[World Health Organization]] Director General [[Margaret Chan]] appointed Rao Gupta as member of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme.<ref>[https://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/en/ Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme] [[World Health Organization]].</ref> From 2016 until 2017, she co-chaired (alongside Katherine Sierra) the [[World Bank]]’s Global Gender-Based Violence (GGBV) Task Force; the group was launched by [[President of the World Bank Group|World Bank Group President]] [[Jim Yong Kim]] to strengthen the institution’s response through its projects to issues involving sexual exploitation and abuse.<ref>[http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/10/13/world-bank-launches-global-task-force-to-tackle-gender-based-violence World Bank Launches Global Task Force to Tackle Gender-Based Violence] [[World Bank]], press release of 13 October 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2017/08/08/task-force-recommends-steps-to-tackle-gender-based-violence-in-world-bank-supported-projects Task Force Recommends Steps to Tackle Gender-Based Violence in World Bank-Supported Projects] [[World Bank]], press release of 8 August 2017.</ref> Since 2019, she has been a member of the ''[[The Lancet|Lancet]]''–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality, chaired by [[Tarja Halonen]].<ref>[https://sight.nu/commissioners/ Commissioners] ''[[The Lancet|Lancet]]''–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality.</ref> She is also part of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the [[Health Emergencies Programme (WHO)|WHO Health Emergencies Programme]].<ref>[https://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/geeta-rao-gupta/en/ Geeta Rao Gupta] [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).</ref>
In 2016, [[World Health Organization]] Director General [[Margaret Chan]] appointed Rao Gupta as member of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme.<ref>[https://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/en/ Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme] [[World Health Organization]].</ref> From 2016 until 2017, she co-chaired (alongside Katherine Sierra) the [[World Bank]]'s Global Gender-Based Violence (GGBV) Task Force; the group was launched by [[President of the World Bank Group|World Bank Group President]] [[Jim Yong Kim]] to strengthen the institution's response through its projects to issues involving sexual exploitation and abuse.<ref>[http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/10/13/world-bank-launches-global-task-force-to-tackle-gender-based-violence World Bank Launches Global Task Force to Tackle Gender-Based Violence] [[World Bank]], press release of 13 October 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2017/08/08/task-force-recommends-steps-to-tackle-gender-based-violence-in-world-bank-supported-projects Task Force Recommends Steps to Tackle Gender-Based Violence in World Bank-Supported Projects] [[World Bank]], press release of 8 August 2017.</ref> Since 2019, she has been a member of the ''[[The Lancet|Lancet]]''–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality, chaired by [[Tarja Halonen]].<ref>[https://sight.nu/commissioners/ Commissioners] ''[[The Lancet|Lancet]]''–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality.</ref> She is also part of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the [[Health Emergencies Programme (WHO)|WHO Health Emergencies Programme]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160719091816/http://www.who.int/about/who_reform/emergency-capacities/oversight-committee/geeta-rao-gupta/en/ Geeta Rao Gupta] [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).</ref>


Rao Gupta is often sought by the development community and media, and has been quoted by the ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'', as well as other national and international news sources.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Her expertise is in gender mainstreaming, women’s health, HIV and AIDS, women’s economic empowerment, private sector roles in development, strategies to empower women and advance gender equality, and women and poverty.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>
Rao Gupta is often sought by the development community and media, and has been quoted by the ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[USA Today]]'', as well as other national and international news sources.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Her expertise is in gender mainstreaming, women's health, HIV and AIDS, women's economic empowerment, private sector roles in development, strategies to empower women and advance gender equality, and women and poverty.<ref name="autogenerated1"/>


==Other activities==
==Other activities==
* [[WomenLift Health]], Member of the Global Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.womenlifthealth.org/global-advisory-board Global Advisory Board] WomenLift Health.</ref>
* [[WomenLift Health]], Member of the Global Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.womenlifthealth.org/global-advisory-board Global Advisory Board] WomenLift Health.</ref>
* [[Global Health Corps]], Member of the Board of Advisors (since 2008)<ref>[https://ghcorps.org/why-were-here/board-members/ Board of Advisors] [[Global Health Corps]].</ref>
* [[Global Health Corps]], Member of the Board of Advisors (since 2008)<ref>[https://ghcorps.org/why-were-here/board-members/ Board of Advisors] [[Global Health Corps]].</ref>
* [[Global Partnership for Education]] (GPE), Interim Chair of the Board (2013)<ref>[https://www.globalpartnership.org/news/geeta-rao-gupta-named-interim-chair-gpe Geeta Rao Gupta is Named Interim Chair of GPE] [[Global Partnership for Education]] (GPE), press release of August 19, 2013.</ref>
* [[Global Partnership for Education]] (GPE), Interim Chair of the Board (2013)<ref>[https://www.globalpartnership.org/news/geeta-rao-gupta-named-interim-chair-gpe Geeta Rao Gupta is Named Interim Chair of GPE] [[Global Partnership for Education]] (GPE), press release of 19 August 2013.</ref>
* [[International AIDS Vaccine Initiative]] (IAVI), former Member of the Board
* [[International AIDS Vaccine Initiative]] (IAVI), former Member of the Board
* [[InterAction]], former Member of the Board<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.icrw.org/html/about/staffbios/geetaraogupta_new.htm |title=Geeta Rao Gupta Bio International Center for Research on Women |publisher=ICRW |date= |access-date=2009-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807033016/http://www.icrw.org/html/about/staffbios/geetaraogupta_new.htm |archive-date=7 August 2009 }}</ref>
* [[InterAction]], former Member of the Board<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.icrw.org/html/about/staffbios/geetaraogupta_new.htm |title=Geeta Rao Gupta Bio International Center for Research on Women |publisher=ICRW |date= |access-date=27 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807033016/http://www.icrw.org/html/about/staffbios/geetaraogupta_new.htm |archive-date=7 August 2009 }}</ref>
* Merck for Mothers, Member of the Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.merckformothers.com/who-we-are.html Advisory Board] Merck for Mothers.</ref>
* Merck for Mothers, Member of the Advisory Board<ref>[https://www.merckformothers.com/who-we-are.html Advisory Board] Merck for Mothers.</ref>
* Moriah Fund, former Member of the Board
* Moriah Fund, former Member of the Board
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== Awards and recognition ==
== Awards and recognition ==
*Women Who Mean Business Award, Washington Business Journal, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icrw.org/ |title=International Center for Research on Women |publisher=ICRW |date= |accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref>
*Women Who Mean Business Award, Washington Business Journal, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icrw.org/ |title=International Center for Research on Women |publisher=ICRW |date= |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref>
*Anne Roe Award, Harvard Graduate School of Education<ref>{{cite web|author=Harvard News Office |url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/11.02/01-roe.html |title=Geeta Rao Gupta receives Anne Roe Award from GSE |publisher=News.harvard.edu |date=2006-11-02 |accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref>
*Anne Roe Award, Harvard Graduate School of Education<ref>{{cite web|author=Harvard News Office |url=http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2006/11.02/01-roe.html |title=Geeta Rao Gupta receives Anne Roe Award from GSE |publisher=News.harvard.edu |date=2 November 2006 |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref>
*Legacy Award, Working Mother Media, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.workingmothermediainc.com/web%3Bjsessionid=EA4AC71B4958F274236315DCD044C0E8?service=direct/1/ViewArticlePage/dlinkFullArticle2&sp=10&sp=29 |title=Press Releases |publisher=Workingmothermediainc.com |date=2006-07-28 |accessdate=2009-08-27}}</ref>
*Legacy Award, Working Mother Media, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.workingmothermediainc.com/web%3Bjsessionid=EA4AC71B4958F274236315DCD044C0E8?service=direct/1/ViewArticlePage/dlinkFullArticle2&sp=10&sp=29 |title=Press Releases |publisher=Workingmothermediainc.com |date=28 July 2006 |accessdate=27 August 2009}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1828415,00.html "The Creative Capitalism Roundtable"], TIME Magazine, Jul-31, 2008
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080814193703/http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1828415,00.html "The Creative Capitalism Roundtable"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 31 July 2008.
* [http://www.cfr.org/content/thinktank/FT_Class_Struggle_92608.pdf  "The Class Struggle"], Financial Times, Sept-26, 2008
* [http://www.cfr.org/content/thinktank/FT_Class_Struggle_92608.pdf  "The Class Struggle"], ''[[Financial Times]]'', 26 September 2008
* [http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1828415,00.html "The Creative Capitalism Roundtable"], TIME Magazine, Jul-31, 2008
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416070547/http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41044 "Rights: Ignoring Girls' Welfare Carries High Price"]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416070547/http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41044 "RIGHTS: Ignoring Girls' Welfare Carries High Price"]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090807033016/http://www.icrw.org/html/about/staffbios/geetaraogupta_new.htm "International Center for Research on Women Staff Bio"]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090807033016/http://www.icrw.org/html/about/staffbios/geetaraogupta_new.htm "International Center for Research on Women Staff Bio"]
* [http://www.icrw.org/ "International Center for Research on Women website"]
* [http://www.icrw.org/ "International Center for Research on Women website"]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100204203437/http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/geeta-rao-gupta-senior-fellow-091008.aspx "Geeta Rao Gupta, Ph.D., Joins Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a Senior Fellow"] Gates Foundation.org, 8 Oct 2009
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100204203437/http://www.gatesfoundation.org/press-releases/Pages/geeta-rao-gupta-senior-fellow-091008.aspx "Geeta Rao Gupta, Ph.D., Joins Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a Senior Fellow"] Gates Foundation.org, 8 October 2009
* [https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1289.doc.htm] United Nations Press Release
* [https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1289.doc.htm] United Nations Press Release


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Latest revision as of 01:43, 18 March 2022

Geeta Rao Gupta
Geeta Rao Gupta.jpg
Born
Alma materBangalore University, University of Delhi
OccupationUnited States Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues (nominee)

Geeta Rao Gupta (born 1956 in Mumbai, India) is a leader on gender, women's issues, and HIV/AIDS who has been serving as executive director of the 3D Program for Girls and Women and senior fellow at the United Nations Foundation since 2017. She is frequently consulted on issues related to AIDS prevention and women's vulnerability to HIV and is an advocate for women's economic and social empowerment to fight disease, poverty and hunger.

Rao Gupta is former president of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). She began working with ICRW in 1988 as a consultant, researcher, and officer, and headed the private, non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., from 1997 through April 2010. She stepped down to join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a senior fellow from 2010 to 2011. Appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, she served as deputy executive director for UNICEF and the vice chair of the board for the GAVI Alliance from 2011 to 2016.

Early life and education[edit]

Rao Gupta grew up in Mumbai and Delhi, India, and received her education from the University of Delhi and Bangalore University.

Rao Gupta received a Ph.D. in social psychology from Bangalore University, an M.Phil. in organizational behavior from the University of Delhi, and a master's in clinical of psychology and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Delhi.[1]

Career[edit]

While working toward her advanced degrees in social psychology, Rao Gupta worked as a counselor at a drop-in center in New Delhi and lectured in the psychology departments of several universities. At the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Rao Gupta worked with a team to develop the first women's studies curriculum for graduate students in India.[2]

In the mid-1980s, Rao Gupta moved to the United States and began working at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) in 1988. She has held a number of positions with ICRW, including consultant, researcher and vice-president. In the 1990s, Rao Gupta headed a ground-breaking, 15-country research program that identified the social and economic roots of women's vulnerability to HIV infection. Rao Gupta became president of ICRW in 1996.

Rao Gupta currently serves as co-convener of the Social Drivers Working Group of aids2031, an international initiative commissioned by UNAIDS to chart a course for a global response to AIDS over the next twenty-five years. She served as co-chair of the U.N. Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Youth Employment and from 2002 to 2005, she co-chaired the U.N. Millennium Project's Task Force on Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women.

In 2016, World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan appointed Rao Gupta as member of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme.[3] From 2016 until 2017, she co-chaired (alongside Katherine Sierra) the World Bank's Global Gender-Based Violence (GGBV) Task Force; the group was launched by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim to strengthen the institution's response through its projects to issues involving sexual exploitation and abuse.[4][5] Since 2019, she has been a member of the Lancet–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality, chaired by Tarja Halonen.[6] She is also part of the Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme.[7]

Rao Gupta is often sought by the development community and media, and has been quoted by the Washington Post, The New York Times and USA Today, as well as other national and international news sources.[1] Her expertise is in gender mainstreaming, women's health, HIV and AIDS, women's economic empowerment, private sector roles in development, strategies to empower women and advance gender equality, and women and poverty.[1]

Other activities[edit]

Awards and recognition[edit]

  • Women Who Mean Business Award, Washington Business Journal, 2007[12]
  • Anne Roe Award, Harvard Graduate School of Education[13]
  • Legacy Award, Working Mother Media, 2006[14]

Publications[edit]

Speeches and statements[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Geeta Rao Gupta Bio International Center for Research on Women". ICRW. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  2. "Geeta Rao Gupta | Columbia University World Leaders Forum". Worldleaders.columbia.edu. 8 June 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  3. Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee for the WHO Health Emergencies Programme World Health Organization.
  4. World Bank Launches Global Task Force to Tackle Gender-Based Violence World Bank, press release of 13 October 2016.
  5. Task Force Recommends Steps to Tackle Gender-Based Violence in World Bank-Supported Projects World Bank, press release of 8 August 2017.
  6. Commissioners Lancet–SIGHT Commission on Peaceful Societies Through Health and Gender Equality.
  7. Geeta Rao Gupta World Health Organization (WHO).
  8. Global Advisory Board WomenLift Health.
  9. Board of Advisors Global Health Corps.
  10. Geeta Rao Gupta is Named Interim Chair of GPE Global Partnership for Education (GPE), press release of 19 August 2013.
  11. Advisory Board Merck for Mothers.
  12. "International Center for Research on Women". ICRW. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  13. Harvard News Office (2 November 2006). "Geeta Rao Gupta receives Anne Roe Award from GSE". News.harvard.edu. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  14. "Press Releases". Workingmothermediainc.com. 28 July 2006. Retrieved 27 August 2009.

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