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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Accelerating the Momentum
Report by Janet Fleischman and Cathryn Streifel — April 12, 2016
Family Planning and Women’s Health in Kenya
Report by Janet Fleischman and Katherine Peck — December 3, 2015
The Nexus of Faith and Health
Blog Post by Janet Fleischman — July 25, 2015
Building Partnerships between Religion & Health
Event — July 10, 2015
Faith-Based Organizations and Family Planning in Kenya
Event — June 29, 2015
Obama’s Kenya Trip Should Elevate Focus on Women and Girls
Blog Post by Janet Fleischman — June 18, 2015
Video and Event Shine Spotlight on Family Planning in Senegal
Blog Post by Janet Fleischman — April 30, 2015
Partnerships for Family Planning in Senegal: Lessons for U.S. Policy
Event — April 27, 2015
"An Emergency that Requires Risk Taking”
Blog Post by Janet Fleischman — April 22, 2015
Addressing HIV Risk in Adolescent Girls and Young Women
Event — April 17, 2015