Antra Bhatt

Statistics Specialist, Research and Data Section, UN Women

Antra Bhatt is a Statistics Specialist in the Research and Data Section of UN Women. Before joining UN Women in 2017, she worked as an assistant professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, and as a researcher at the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, and at the University of Chicago Urban Poverty Lab. Antra has published several pieces on gender inequality in peer-reviewed academic journals, UN reports, books, editorials and blog series. She holds a Master of Science in Public Policy and a doctoral degree in Economics.

Articles by Antra Bhatt

1. Building women’s resilience to climate-driven poverty and food insecurity

   Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt, Sara Duerto Valero

   Gender — Global

   Climate change means millions more women and girls risk having insufficient food and resources to meet their basic needs. As women bear the brunt of climate impacts, so they must have equity in decision-making on climate solutions

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   14 March 2024

   SDGs: 1 2 5 13 15

   

2. Poverty is not gender-neutral

   Ginette Azcona, Antra Bhatt

   Gender — Global

   As with most threats to well-being, poverty has an accentuated impact on women. Tackling this requires integrated action on several fronts to address the systemic inequalities women face across the world today

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   6 March 2023

   SDGs: 1 5 10