As chief operating officer, Degnan Kambou works closely with ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta to coordinate internal leadership and management functions, and implement the organization’s strategic plan. Prior to her appointment as chief operating office, Degnan Kambou was vice president of ICRW’s health and development group, which conducted programmatic research on HIV, AIDS and development; reproductive health and nutrition; and gender, violence and rights. 

 

Before joining ICRW, Degnan Kambou spent 11 years with CARE where she managed programs throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Degnan Kambou also worked for eight years as a director of international health in the School of Public Health at Boston University. While at Boston University, Degnan Kambou was responsible for strategic planning, research and training, and worked extensively in South and Southeast Asia.

 

 

 

Ph.D. in international health policy; M.P.H. in health services delivery from Boston University; and B.A. magna cum laude in French language and literature from University of Connecticut.

Gender; sexuality, HIV and AIDS, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia; sexual and reproductive health including family planning; women’s empowerment; gender mainstreaming; multisectoral programming

Select Publications

 

Festival of Love: Valuing Sex Workers’ Subjective Experience in Harm Reduction Programming

 

Power, pleasure, pain, and shame: Assimilating gender and sexuality into community-centred reproductive health and HIV prevention programmes in India