LynnMarie Sardinha
Technical Officer, World Health Organization (WHO)
LynnMarie Sardinha is Technical Officer on Violence Against Women Data and Research at the World Health Organization, Geneva. She leads the WHO/HRP's work on Violence against Women Data and Measurement including the development of the global, regional and national violence against women prevalence estimates and work on strengthening the survey measurement on forms of violence where gaps remain. LynnMarie has worked I in the area of violence against women data and research for nearly 20 years. Over this period she has led on several research studies focusing on violence against women in low-and middle-income countries using large-scale population-based data, and co-investigator and data analyst on several National Institute of Health Research and Medical Research Council funded research projects on prevention and health sector response to violence against women in India and the UK.
She holds a PhD in Social Policy from the University of Bristol, UK and Masters' in Economics and Statistics, and in Social Work and Public Health, University of Mumba, India.