Anna Coates
Gender Equality Advisor, Sexual and Reproductive Health Research, WHO
Ms. Anna Coates is a gender equality, intersectionality, and health equity expert and advocate working with WHO’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research. In this role she works with counterparts across the whole of the sexual and reproductive health research portfolio to strengthen our crosscutting and dedicated work on gender equality. Anna was previously with the Pan American Health Organization, as Chief of Equity, Gender, and Cultural Diversity and prior to that worked as the Deputy Regional Director for the Americas with UN Women. Anna has published a number of research papers on issues related to gender, sexuality and ethnicity. She holds a PhD on Gender from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and a master’s in Modern International Studies from the University of Leeds, UK. Anna is a national from the UK, and has worked in North America, Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions.