Dr Marlise Richter has worked in the health and human rights field for twenty years and has served in several South African NGOs and civil society coalitions. She was a researcher at Project Literacy, the AIDS Law Project, the Treatment Action Campaign, the Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit and more recently served as the Head of Policy Development and Advocacy at Sonke Gender Justice.  She current serves as Senior Researcher at the Health Justice Initiative working on issues of health equity.