Martha Brady is a public health professional with 20 years of experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights, technology introduction, gender, and youth programming. As a program associate in the Population Council’s Gender, Family, and Development Program in New York, Brady is involved in the design and implementation of a diverse portfolio of research and program interventions related to the transitions to adulthood. Her work focuses on girls’ and women’s protection strategies against HIV, social and economic asset building for adolescent girls, and the development of guidance for adolescent programming.
Brady formerly directed the Population Council’s global program on expanding contraceptive choice, a large-scale technical assistance program aimed at facilitating access to reproductive health technologies through public and private health care systems and markets worldwide. Brady has a master's of science degree in public health and nutrition from Columbia University. Click here for CV.
A partial list of publications includes:
Chong, Erica, Kelly Hallman, and Martha Brady. 2006. "Investing when it counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programs for very young adolescents Guide and tool kit" New York: UNFPA and Population Council. (PDF)
Brady, Martha. 2005. Creating safe spaces and building social assets for young women in the developing world: A new role for sports, Women’s Studies Quarterly 33(1/2): 35-49.
Brady, Martha. 2003. Preventing sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, and safeguarding fertility: Triple protection needs of young women," Reproductive Health Matters 11(22): 134 141.
Brady, Martha. 2003. Negotiating leadership roles: Young women’s experience in rural Upper Egypt, Women’s Studies Quarterly 31(3/4): 174-191.
Brady, Martha. 2003. "Safe spaces for adolescent girls," in Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Charting Directions for a Second Generation of Programming Background Documents for the Meeting. New York: UNFPA, pp. 155 176. (PDF). |