Poonam Muttreja
Poonam Muttreja is the executive director of the Population Foundation of India (PFI). She previously served as the India country director of the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation. Poonam has also co-founded organisations in the areas of social justice (SRUTI) and craft (DASTKAR), and programmes on leadership (Ashoka Foundation, India). She is a member of a committee at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington DC.
Articles by Poonam Muttreja
August 14, 2024
Busting myths about India’s population growth
An effective media strategy can change social attitudes and promote a sustainable population policy.
March 25, 2022
Can legal action alone put an end to child marriage?
The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021, proposes increasing the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21. But this may not be enough to end early marriages.
September 20, 2019
India’s population control approach needs women at the centre
Enforcing a coercive population control policy will place a double burden on women.
April 17, 2019
Artificial intelligence for social change
AI can consistently provide trusted, personalised healthcare information to large populations, and when responsibly designed, can help people access the resources they may need.
June 15, 2017
When real life mimics ‘reel life’
Population Foundation of India used a television soap opera as a vehicle to raise awareness on vital gender issues, question patriarchial gender norms, and change attitudes among India’s rural poor.
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