IPPF is delighted to announce that Kavita N Ramdas has joined IPPF as Senior Strategic Advisor. Kavita’s leadership and expertise will be instrumental in advancing IPPF’s Strategy 2028, strengthening our engagement with US-based partners at a critical moment for gender rights movements. As challenges to sexual, reproductive and gender rights intensify, her vision and experience will help drive meaningful change and amplify our impact globally.
A globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, Kavita was named a Richard von Weisäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy, in Berlin in 2024 working on the adoption of feminist foreign policy in Germany and other European countries and its impact on domestic politics as well as engagement with the rest of the world. Kavita was previously an Activist in Residence at the Global Fund for Women and was a visiting professor at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. She has held key leadership positions, including Director of the Women’s Rights Program at the Open Society Foundations and Strategy Advisor at MADRE. Previously, she was President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women and Senior Advisor on Global Strategy to the President of the Ford Foundation, where she also served as the Foundation’s Representative for South Asia. Kavita has also been on the Board of the Planned Parenthood Global.
Kavita N Ramdas said:
"I am delighted to be in solidarity with and service to the global IPPF family at a time when the world faces a vicious backlash against women's rights, feminist movements, and gender justice. This is an organization with the courage, clarity, and commitment to stand firm in its vision of a more just, inclusive, and sustainable future for all."
Mina Barling, IPPF External Relations Director said:
“We are thrilled to welcome Kavita to IPPF during such a tumultuous moment where attacks against our dignities, rights and freedoms have escalated with such brutalising force. Kavita’s lifelong commitment to gender justice, her experience in advancing women’s rights in all their diversity are a signal of IPPF’s unwavering resistance, and our steadfast commitment to sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice for ALL."
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I am delighted to be in solidarity with and service to the global IPPF family at a time when the world faces a vicious backlash against women's rights, feminist movements, and gender justice.
