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Mary Philip Sebastian is a program officer based in New Delhi, India, where she assists in the management of various adolescent research projects. Sebastian was instrumental in implementing a livelihoods program for adolescent girls comprising vocational and savings counseling, vocational training courses, opening of savings accounts, and follow-up support for use of vocational skills and savings accounts in the urban slums of Allahabad. Prior to joining the Population Council, she worked with human service organizations to implement intervention programs. Sebastian has a Ph.D. in humanities and social sciences from the IIT Bombay, India. Click here for CV.
A partial list of publications includes:
Mensch, Barbara S., Monica J. Grant, Mary P. Sebastian, Paul C. Hewett, and Dale Huntington. 2004. "The effect of a livelihoods intervention in an urban slum in India: Do vocational counseling and training alter the attitudes and behavior of adolescent girls?" Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 194. New York: Population Council. (PDF)
Sebastian, Mary P., Monica J. Grant, and Barbara S. Mensch. 2004. Integrating adolescent livelihood activities within a reproductive health programme for urban slum dwellers in India, Population Council final report. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF)
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J., and Mary Philip Sebastian. 2003. "Actions that protect: Promoting sexual and reproductive health and choice among young people in India," South & East Asia Regional Working Paper no. 18. New Delhi: Population Council. (PDF)
Jejeebhoy, Shireen J. and Mary Philip Sebastian. 2003. Young people’s sexual and reproductive health, in Shireen J. Jejeebhoy (ed.), Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Profile of Sexual and Reproductive Health in India. New Delhi: Rawat Publications, pp. 138 168. (more)
Sebastian, Mary and S. Bhargava. 2003. Improving organizational climate of non-profit organizations, Productivity 43(4): 611 618. | 