Zeba Sathar is a Research Fellow at CERP. She is the senior program associate with the Poverty, Gender, and Youth program and the Country Director of the Population Council in Islamabad, Pakistan, where she manages one of the largest council offices, overseeing a diverse program of technical assistance, research, and capacity building. She has over 25 years of experience, specializing in social science research with immediate application in programme planning and policy formulation. Her expertise include formative research, large cross-national comparative studies, advocacy for policy change, analysis of demographic trends and patterns, and evaluations of health service delivery systems. Prior to joining the Council, Zeba was Chief of Research–Demography at the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, a consultant with the World Bank in Islamabad, and Chief of Research in the Demography Division with the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics. In 2005, she was named a recipient of the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz award in recognition of her public service in Pakistan. She is also the first Pakistani to be elected to the governing council of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Dr Zeba has a PhD in Medical Demography from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a MSc in Demography from the London School of Economics (LSE).