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University of Pennsylvania.
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Sara Davis
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Davis was previously Senior Human Rights Advisor at the Global Fund to Fight Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where she led the process of establishing minimum human rights standards for grant agreements in 140 countries that receive Global Fund support. Launched a human rights complaints procedure at the Global Fund Office of the Inspector General. And published and implemented grant guidance on funding human rights programs as part of Global Fund Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Health System Strengthening grants.
Davis founded Asia Catalyst in 2006.
Before that, she conducted research and advocacy for Human Rights Watch and Open Society Institute. Davis has worked on issues related to Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and human rights, police abuse, housing rights, environmental rights, and rule of law in China, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Davis is the author of Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China’s Southwest Borders, (Columbia University Press, 2005 and Silkworm Books, 2006). Her articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal Asia, International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Law and Policy Review, Harm Reduction Journal, and Modern China.
Davis received her doctorate from University of Pennsylvania and held postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of California Los Los Angeles
Born in France, she speaks French, English, Mandarin, and Thai. Davis is married to David Snow, an executive at ALM.
