Justine Jensen — hera - right to health and development

Justine Jensen, MA Anthropology and Sociology of Development, emphasis in Gender Studies

Justine Jensen is a gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) specialist and registered nurse with over 15 years of experience in global health.
Her technical expertise spans gender equality, SRHR, GBV, and maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH), with a strong focus on equity and health systems strengthening. She brings substantial experience in mixed-methods research, monitoring and evaluation, and complex multi-country programme assessments across Africa and Asia.
She has an extensive track record of providing high-quality technical support and strategic guidance to governments, bilateral and multilateral agencies, and development partners to improve health outcomes across diverse contexts.
Justine is committed to applying a gender and rights-based lens across all of her work and prioritises participatory and locally grounded research methodologies.
She speaks English and French and has direct experience designing and implementing health and development initiatives.

The World Health Organization (WHO), taking the lead in responding to this pressing issue, selected hera to conduct a study on the complexities of COVID-19 vaccine deployment and administration in humanitarian settings, with a specific focus on populations of concern (PoC). The study was initiated in March 2022 and concluded in March 2023, and encompassed case studies in multiple countries deeply affected by humanitarian crises: Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh), Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Iraq, South Sudan, and Syria.

Maternal, neonatal, adolescent, sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda

In 2022 hera was selected to support the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Barame project and conducted a knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) study to help identify gaps in community knowledge and utilization of health services related to maternal, neonatal, adolescent, sexual, and reproductive health, as well as providing recommendations for future development of communication and awareness strategies.

Update on the Spotlight Initiative Mid - Term Assessment: Eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls

In October 2020, hera was awarded a two-year contract with UN WOMEN for the Mid-Term Assessment of the Spotlight Initiative, a multi-year initiative between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN), focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG).

International Women’s Day 2022 - Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow

The theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022 is, “gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. In our increasingly interconnected world, it seems appropriate to have an intersectional theme encompassing gender and sustainability. For our work in the health and development sector, we know how crucial it is to consider cross-cutting issues and to adopt intersectional standpoints.

Gender specialist Justine Jensen joins the hera partner co-operative

A warm welcome for hera’s newest partner!

Gender, HIV and Youth Mainstreaming Strategy of the Seed Knowledge Initiative (SKI)

SKI is comprised of 16 partner organisations in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa with the aim of improving farmer-led seed knowledge systems and helping smallholder farmers to become more seed, food and nutritionally secure.

Justine Jensen, MA Anthropology and Sociology of Development, emphasis in Gender Studies

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