Martha Brady
Senior Associate
Martha Brady, a senior associate working in the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth and HIV and AIDS programs, is a public health professional with broad technical expertise in reproductive health, technology introduction, adolescent health and development, and program evaluation. For the past two decades, Brady has participated in cross-cutting research and program initiatives in all regions of the developing world. Brady oversees the design and implementation of a diverse portfolio of research and program interventions related to transitions to adulthood. Her work focuses on girls’ and women’s protection strategies against HIV; programming on safe spaces, sports, and social asset building for adolescent girls; and the development of guidance for youth programming. Brady served as co-investigator of a multi-year intervention study─the Ishraq program─in upper Egypt, and is currently involved in the scaling-up strategy.
Brady is also directing an initiative aimed at building the platform for HIV prevention products for women and participates in the development of the Council’s microbicide-access strategy. She previously served as director of the Population Council’s Expanding Contraceptive Choice program, a global program aimed at facilitating access and introduction of reproductive health technologies into public- and private-sector markets and health systems worldwide. She has collaborated on numerous interagency working groups and consortiums and has worked extensively on female-initiated products. Brady serves in advisory capacity to the Female Health Foundation, Nike Foundation, Right to Play, and MedTex World. She also lectures at Smith College. Brady received her master's of science degree in public health and nutrition from Columbia University in 1986.
Martha Brady
Senior Associate
Developing Capacity for Targeted, Evidence-based Programming and Asset Building for Adolescent Girls (more)
The Council is helping to build the capacity of NGOs, UN country teams, and government agencies to develop effective health, social, and economic asset-building programs for adolescent girls.
(1/2008 - ongoing)
Topics: Financial literacy/livelihoods; Scaling up interventions; Schooling; Social isolation/support
Countries: Global, Kenya, Liberia
Ishraq: Bringing Marginalized Rural Girls into Safe Learning Spaces in Upper Egypt (more)
Launched in 2001, Ishraq, which means “sunrise” in Arabic, seeks to improve the educational, health, and social opportunities for vulnerable girls in rural Upper Egypt.
(1/2001 - ongoing)
Topics: Schooling; Social isolation/support
Countries: Egypt
Facilitating Regulatory Approval of Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Reproductive Health (more)
The Population Council is playing a central role in the US Agency for International Development’s effort to clarify and inform regulatory pathways for multipurpose prevention technologies.
(10/2010 - 9/2013)
Topics: HIV biomedical research; HIV prevention; Microbicides; New and improved reproductive technologies; Reproductive health biomedical research
Countries: United States
Provider Beliefs, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning Emergency Contraception (more)
The Council is collaborating with national partners to review current access to emergency contraception (EC), particularly with respect to providers’ attitudes toward the method in India, Nigeria, and Senegal. The data generated will be used to develop a global advocacy strategy to improve provider support for EC access and to improve access within each country.
(1/2011 - 10/2013)
Topics: Access to contraceptive methods; Family planning services
Countries: India, Nigeria, Senegal
Martha Brady
Senior Associate
Nonclinical development needs and regulatory requirements for multipurpose prevention technologies: A primer (PDF)Romano,Joseph W.; Brady,Martha; Manning,Judy
Publication date: 2012
Olympics remind us that sports can empower women in developing countries (HTML)
Brady,Martha
Newsday 10 August
Publication date: 2012
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes and practices regarding emergency contraception in Senegal: Key findings (PDF)
Mane,Babacar; Brady,Martha; RamaRao,Saumya; Bintou Mbow,Fatou
Program brief, February 2012
Publication date: 2012
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes, beliefs, and practices concerning emergency contraception: A multicountry study in India, Nigeria, and Senegal (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Khan,M.E.; Ahonsi,Babatunde; Mane,Babacar; Askew,Ian; RamaRao,Saumya
Program brief, February 2012
Publication date: 2012
Providers' and key opinion leaders' attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding emergency contraception in India: Final survey report
Khan,M.E.; Varma,Deepthi S.; Bhatnagar,Isha; Dixit,Anvita; Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2012
Shaping the operations research agenda for antiretroviral-based prevention products for women: Gels and rings (PDF)
Brady,Martha; McGrory,C.Elizabeth
Consultation Report
Publication date: 2012
Ampliación de programas para adolescentes vulnerables: Experiencias, entendimientos y evidencia (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Promoción de transiciones a la vida adulta sanas, seguras y productivas resumen (no. 36)
Publication date: 2011
Calling attention to young adolescents: Building the evidence base to inform policies and programs (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 37)
Publication date: 2011
Day of dialogue on multipurpose prevention technologies: Toward clarity in nomenclature (PDF)
Brady,Martha; McGrory,C.Elizabeth
Meeting notes
Publication date: 2011
Facilitating regulatory approval of multipurpose prevention technologies for sexual and reproductive health (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Brief
Publication date: 2011
Leveling the playing field: Building girls' sports programs and creating new opportunities (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2011
Scaling up asset-building programs for marginalized adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt (PDF)
Zibani,Nadia; Brady,Martha
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 12)
Publication date: 2011
Taking programs for vulnerable adolescents to scale: Experiences, insights, and evidence (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief (no. 36)
Publication date: 2011
What regulatory guidance exists for multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs)? A review of key guidance documents and their applicability to MPTs (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Park,Heeyoung
Publication date: 2011
Understanding adolescent girls' protection strategies against HIV:
An exploratory study in urban Lusaka (PDF)
Simbaya,Joseph; Brady,Martha; Stone,Allison; Vaughan-Smith,Maya
Publication date: 2010
L'adolescence des filles au Burkina Faso: Une clé de voûte pour le changement social [Girls' adolescence in Burkina Faso: A pivot point for social change] (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Saloucou,Lydia; Chong,Erica
Publication date: 2010
"Female-Initiated Prevention Methods (FIPM) in Kenya: Focus on the female condom," program brief (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2008
The female condom in Ghana: Exploring the current state of affairs and gauging potential for enhanced promotion (PDF)
Naik,Reshma; Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2008
Day of dialogue--Insights and evidence from product introduction: Lessons for microbicides (PDF)
Brady,Martha; McGrory,C.Elizabeth
Publication date: 2007
Girls' adolescence in Burkina Faso: A pivot point for social change (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Saloucou,Lydia; Chong,Erica
Publication date: 2007
Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt--full report (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2007
In our own hands: SWAA-Ghana champions the female condom (PDF)
Cravero,Kathleen; Skaer,Michelle; Ebin,Victoria; Brady,Martha
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 17)
Publication date: 2006
Invertir cuando hacerlo cuenta: Generando la evidencia base para politicas y programas para adolescentes muy jóvenes---Guía y juego de herramientas [Investing when it counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programmes for very young adolescents--Guide and tool kit] (PDF)
Chong,Erica; Hallman,Kelly; Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2006
Investing when it counts: Generating the evidence base for policies and programmes for very young adolescents--Guide and tool kit (PDF)
Chong,Erica; Hallman,Kelly; Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2006
Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2006
Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2006
Creating safe spaces and building social assets for young women in the developing world: A new role for sports
Brady,Martha
Women's Studies Quarterly 33(1/2): 35-49
Publication date: 2005
Negotiating leadership roles: Young women's experiences in rural Egypt
Salem,Rania; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Brady,Martha
Women's Studies Quarterly 31(3/4): 174-191
Publication date: 2003
Preventing sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy, and safeguarding fertility: Triple protection needs of young women (abstract)
Brady,Martha
Reproductive Health Matters 11(22): 134-141
Publication date: 2003
Safe spaces for adolescent girls (PDF)
Brady,Martha
from Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health: Charting Directions for a Second Generation of Programming-Background Documents for the Meeting, pp. 155-176
Publication date: 2003
Letting Girls Play: The Mathare Youth Sports Association's Football Program for Girls (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Khan,Arjmand Banu
Publication date: 2002
Letting Girls Play: The Mathare Youth Sports Association's Football Program for Girls [Arabic] (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Khan,Arjmand Banu
Publication date: 2002
Assessing the acceptability, service delivery requirements, and use-effectiveness of the diaphragm in Colombia, Philippines, and Turkey (abstract)
Bulat,Aysen; Ortayli,Nuriye; Ringheim,Karin; Cottingham,Jane; Farley,Timothy M.M.; Peregoudov,Alexander; Joanis,Carol; Palmore,Susan; Brady,Martha; Diaz,Juan; Ojeda,Gabriel; Ramos,Rebecca
Contraception 63(5): 267-275
Publication date: 2001
From Patna to Paris: Providing safe and humane abortion (PDF)
Barroso,Carmen; Brady,Martha; Elul,Batya; Clark,Shelley; Vishwanath,Sneh; Rabindranathan,Sunanda
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 11)
Publication date: 2001
Commentary: Laying the foundation for girls' health futures: Can sports play a role? (PDF)
Brady,Martha
Studies in Family Planning 29(1): 79-82
Publication date: 1998
Rethinking postpartum health care (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Winikoff,Beverly
Robert H. Ebert Program on Critical Issues in Reproductive Health Publication Series
Publication date: 1993
Martha Brady
Senior Associate
Users' and providers' perspectives on MPTs: What do we know, and what do we need to know? (PDF)Presentation at Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Reproductive Health, New Delhi, India, 11-12 December
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2012
What have we learned from other reproductive health technologies? (PDF)
Presentation at Multipurpose Prevention Technologies for Reproductive Health, New Delhi, India, 11-12 December
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2012
Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs): Who are they, what do they think, and why they matter? (PDF)
Presentation at the 2011 EC Jamboree, 4 October
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2011
Multipurpose prevention technologies (MPT): What's in a name and why it matters (abstract) (PDF)
Presentation at Day of Dialogue on Multipurpose Prevention Technologies: Toward Clarity in Nomenclature, Washington, DC, 2 February
Brady,Martha; Park,Heeyoung; Paulus,Victor
Publication date: 2011
Building social and economic assets for young women in resource-poor settings: Challenges and opportunities
Presentation at Standard Chartered Bank (UK), London, April
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2009
Evidence, estimates, and the magic eight ball: Framing the issues
Presentation at Introduction and Adoption of New HIV/AIDS Technologies: Building a Platform for Healthier Futures, Washington DC, 16-17 April
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2009
Responding to women's multiple SRH needs with multi-purpose technologies (PDF)
Presentation at Advancing Prevention Technologies for Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Strategy Symposium, Berkeley, 25 March
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2009
Building the platform for HIV prevention for adolescent girls (PDF)
Presentation at Microbicides 2008, New Delhi, 24-27 February
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2008
Insights and evidence from product introduction to inform microbicides (PDF)
Presentation at Population Council Microbicides Access Forum, Nairobi, 2 July
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2007
A new wave of programming for women's protection products
Presentation at the Global Consultation on the Female Condom, Baltimore, 26-29 September
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2005
Mobilizing communities for girls' education: Models from Egypt
Presentation in Washington DC, 5 May
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2005
What can you give to a twelve-year-old girl that no one can take away?
Presentation at the 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Event, UNICEF, 28 February
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2005
Differentiating risk perception and protection needs across the marital transition
Presentation at WHO Consultation on Adolescent Marriage, Geneva, December
Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2003
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