Janet Fleischman is a senior associate with the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she focuses on women’s global health and U.S. policy. She is also an independent consultant who has worked for many organizations addressing the health of women and girls, gender-based violence, family planning, and HIV/AIDS. These include the Kaiser Family Foundation, UNAIDS, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, and CARE. She has conducted field work in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Fleischman has authored dozens of reports and produced and directed several videos. Her articles have appeared in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, CNN’s Global Public Square, Globalpost.com, and AllAfrica.com. SmartGlobalHealth.org regularly runs her blog posts. Fleischman is a frequent speaker on issues related to women’s global health, gender and HIV/AIDS, and U.S. policy, and she has testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa. From 1983 to 2003, Fleischman worked for Human Rights Watch, the largest U.S.-based international human rights organization, as a researcher on Eastern Europe and Africa and then as the organization’s Washington director for Africa.
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Realizing Kakenya’s Dream: Educating Girls and Ending Female Genital Mutilation
Podcast Episode by Janet Fleischman — February 5, 2019
Women's Economic Empowerment and Women's Health Services
Report by Janet Fleischman and Cathryn Streifel — December 3, 2018
Women’s Economic Empowerment and Access to Women’s Health Services
Podcast Episode by Janet Fleischman — November 30, 2018
Drivers of the Hyperepidemics of HIV in South Africa: Pt. 2, Biological Risk Factors
Podcast Episode by Janet Fleischman — July 17, 2018
Drivers of the Hyperepidemics of HIV in South Africa: Pt. 1, Social and Economic Risk Factors
Podcast Episode by Janet Fleischman — July 11, 2018
“Saving Mothers, Giving Life:” Lessons Learned from the 5-Year Partnership
Event — June 21, 2018
The London Summit and the Outlook for International Family Planning
Podcast Episode by Janet Fleischman — August 2, 2017
Why Preventing HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women Is Critical for Malawi
Podcast Episode by Janet Fleischman — July 26, 2017
U.S. Approaches to Preventing HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women: Lessons from Malawi
Event — July 20, 2017
Addressing HIV in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Malawi
Report by Janet Fleischman and Katey Peck — July 19, 2017