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Aslihan Kes
Economic and Gender Specialist
Bio:
Aslihan Kes is an economic and gender specialist at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). In this role, Kes provides technical assistance, management and budgetary support to research partners.
Kes is an economist with six years of experience who conducts research and designs programs related to a variety of topics. Her work at ICRW has included analyzing the costs of maternal mortality on households as well as developing approaches to integrate gender considerations into agricultural projects. Kes also has explored the status of women’s property and inheritance rights globally as well as analyzed how those rights are linked to HIV, AIDS and domestic violence in Uganda and South Africa.
Kes is co-author of “Taking Action: Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women,” “Gender and Time Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa” and “Seven Priorities, Seven Years to Go: Progress on Achieving Gender Equality.”
Expertise:
Economic Empowerment; Agriculture
Languages Spoken:
Turkish (native), English (fluent), French (proficient)
Education:
Kes holds master’s degrees in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Memphis. She earned a bachelor’s in economics from Bogazici University in Turkey.