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Shireen J. Jejeebhoy is a senior program associate based in New Delhi, where she directs research activities related to sexual and reproductive health and rights in India. The current major focus of her research is on young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the formation and experience of sexual partnerships, and livelihoods. Before joining the Population Council, Jejeebhoy worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva as a scientist in the UNDP/UNFPA/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction. Her worked focused on social science research on reproductive health issues. She has written extensively on issues related to adolescent and young people’s sexual and reproductive health; reproductive health and population; and women’s autonomy in India. Jejeebhoy holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in demography from the University of Pennsylvania. Click here for CV.
A partial list publications includes:
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Iqbal H. Shah, and Shyam Thapa (eds.). 2006. Sex Without Consent: Young People in Developing Countries. London: Zed Books. Also co-author of the chapters "Introduction," "Non-consensual sexual experiences and underlying gender norms," and "Moving forward."
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J. and Shiva S. Halli. 2005. Marriage patterns in rural India: Influence of sociocultural context, in Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen (eds.), The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, pp. 172 199.
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J. (ed.). 2004. Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Profile of Sexual and Reproductive Health in India. New Delhi: Rawat Publications. Also co-author of the chapters "Setting the stage," "Maternal health and pregnancy-related care." "Young people’s sexual and reproductive health," and "Looking back, looking forward."
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Sarah Bott, Iqbal Shah, and Chander Puri (eds.). 2003. Towards Adulthood: Exploring the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in South Asia. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., Michael Koenig, and Christopher Elias (eds.). 2003. Research Approaches to the Study of Reproductive Tract Infections and Other Gynaecological Disorders. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Current projects:
Comparative Studies on the Transitions to Adulthood
First-time Parents Project
Formation and Experience of Sexual Partnerships Among Youth in India
India: Building Livelihood Skills and Opportunities for Adolescent Girls in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and Vadodara
Small-grants Program to Expand the Evidence Base on Reproductive Health. | 