Anju Malhotra, PhD, connects research with practice to shape smart, scalable strategies for advancing gender equality in health, education, & opportunity in the global South. Her research interests are: Innovation in systemic reforms and measurement on gender equality, investment in adolescent girls’ well-being and human capital, sexual and reproductive health–especially among adolescents, child marriage, women-friendly quality of services in maternal health and family planning, gender and the labor force in the health sector.