CPP Professor Appointed to UNFPA Research Advisory Group

Dr. Anis Ben Brik, associate professor and founding director of the Program for Social Policy and Evaluation at the College of Public Policy (CPP), has been appointed a member of the Research Advisory Group of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for a period of five years. 

This was a follow up to the recently held Expert Group Meeting on Research organized by UNFPA, where Dr. Anis participated as a member of an Expert Panel which gathered UNFPA advisors, specialists, and associates from the region with the aim of formulating expert recommendations on how to prioritize interdisciplinary research for enhancing the Sustainable Development Goals’ agenda and the ICPD Programme of Action in the Arab States. 

UNFPA is the lead UN agency that expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy sexual and reproductive lives.