I am an interdisciplinary global health researcher, with a central focus on gender. I completed my PhD in human geography and an MPhil in International Education at the University of Cambridge with ESRC funding. I hold an EdM in International and Comparative Education (Harvard Graduate School of Education).

My research examines the life course emergence of educational and economic inequalities, and the impact of early women’s marriage (<18 years) on gender inequality.

I currently work on a project linking gender, sanitation and quality of life.

Before joining LSHTM, I worked on a joint University of Cambridge-UCL project investigating maternal and child health and human capital outcomes associated with women’s early marriage in lowland rural Nepal and rural India.

Prior to my PhD, I worked in international gender and education policy for 18 years, with the International Centre for Research on Women, UNESCO, the World Bank and Save the Children, finishing as Acting Director of ActionAid’s International Education Team. During secondments to Ministries of Education across Sub-Saharan Africa, I integrated gender into national policy, programmes and budgets.