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Structured Inequalities: Factors Associated with Spatial Disparities in Maternity Care in India

Sonalde Desai
Professor, University of Maryland at College Park
Structured Inequalities: Factors Associated with Spatial Disparities in Maternity Care in India
Thursday, October 29, 2009 - 12:00
Location: Center for the Advanced Study of India 3600 Market Street, Suite 560 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104

About the Speaker:

Sonalde Desai is a demographer whose work deals primarily with social inequalities in developing countries with a particular focus on gender and class inequalities. She studies inequalities in education, employment and maternal and child health outcomes by locating them within the political economy of the region. While much of her research focuses on South Asia, she has also engaged in comparative studies across Asia, Latin America and Sub Saharan Africa. She has published articles in a wide range of sociological and demographic journals including American Sociological Review, Demography, Population and Development Review and Feminist Studies. Desai received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University and has held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Chicago and the RAND Corporation.

 

12 noon to 1:30pm

 

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Light refreshments will be served.

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