The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Anita Zaidi
President Gender Equality Division
Anita Zaidi is the President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Gender Equality division. Anita oversees the foundation’s efforts to achieve gender equality by integrating gender across the foundation’s global work and investing in women’s economic empowerment and women’s leadership.. _x000D_
Previously, Anita served as the chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Karachi, Pakistan. _x000D_
Anita earned a medical degree at AKU and completed further training at Duke University, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard School of Public Health. Anita has published more than 200 research papers._x000D_