Jael Silliman, India/USA

Has been an activist both in the US and international women's health and reproductive rights movements.

She was a program officer at the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, an early supporter of organizations of women of color. She was an associate professor of women's studies at the University of Iowa, where she wrote about social movements, women's health, and reproductive rights. She is currently the program officer for reproductive rights in the Human Rights Unit at the Ford Foundation.

Her most recent book is "Policing the National Body: Race, Gender, and Criminalization", co-edited with Anannya Bhattacharjee.

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