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Sana Qais Contractor is an active researcher at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG) in Antwerp, Belgium, focusing on gender, health, and social justice issues. Her work centers on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), particularly among marginalized adolescents in urban India, with strong interdisciplinary engagement across social sciences and public health.
Her research interests emphasize reproductive health, gender empowerment, and decolonization frameworks, as evidenced by her fingerprint showing 100% engagement in reproductive health and 83% in empowerment and fraternity studies. She critically examines masculinity dynamics, adolescent well-being, and digital strategies for health equity, with significant work on how socially marginalized adolescent girls negotiate SRHR in urban India.
Contractor's publication trends reveal a sharp focus on intersectional approaches: 2024 works analyze fraternity as resistance to anxious masculinity and social accountability in SRHR, while 2022 research includes digital empowerment strategies for adolescents and critical decolonization theory. Her work consistently bridges gender studies, public health policy, and community-led action.
As lead researcher on the active PhD project Accountability and Collective Action in Urban India (since 2022), she investigates how marginalized adolescent girls organize to claim SRHR. Her collaborative network spans India, Belgium, and global institutions, with significant outputs in high-impact journals like BMJ Global Health and IDS Bulletin.
