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Karen Hardee

Hardee is the vice president for research at Population Action International. She also has been a senior adviser at John Snow, Inc., a U.S. health consulting firm, and principal research scientist on the Women’s Studies Project at Family Health International. Previously, Hardee spent time at USAID and the U.S. Bureau of the Census.