Fatima Alvarez-Castillo

Fatima Alvarez-Castillo is Centennial Professor of Politics at the University of the Philippines Manila, specializing in justice, gender, and equity. Her work emphasizes human rights of marginalized groups and government accountability.

• Member, Philippine Health Research Ethics Board
• Independent expert, Institutional Review Board (National Institutes for Health, UP Manila)
• Partner investigator in multi-country gender-sensitive poverty indicators study

Her research spans gender studies, bioethics, and social policy, with a focus on benefit sharing, traditional knowledge, and resource extraction. Key publications include Gender and Health: an overview (2001) and Community Leadership for Population and Reproductive Health (2008). She contributes to academic discourse as a reviewer for national and international journals.