Jennifer Bennett acquired her PhD in Population, Health and Development from the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, preceded by a Masters degree in Social Demography from ANU and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, respectively. She joined the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) as a Research Fellow, heading the Population, Health and Development Unit, followed by being the Director of Population, Environment and Communication Centre (PECC) housed within SDPI. Dr. Bennett worked as a Human Security Consultant at PECC and she had been Editor of the book Scratching the Surface: Democracy, Traditions, Gender (1997). Currently, Dr. Bennett is working as the Programmes Director of World Vision International, Islamabad. Her email: Jennifer_Bennett@wvi.org