Deepta Chopra

I am a feminist social scientist working on women’s empowerment and gendered politics of policy processes. My research interests primarily focus on women’s struggles, the empowerment of women and girls, and its core links with their paid work and unpaid care work. I am currently leading IDS’s work on understanding and supporting women’s struggles with an emphasis on strategies against backlash.

I am an expert on mixed methods research design and qualitative methodologies, and align myself closely with issues of power and participation, citizen engagement and governance.