People

Sarah Hawkes is the Director of the Centre for Gender and Global Health, and a medical doctor with a degree in sociology and a PhD in epidemiology. She is Professor of Global Public Health at University College London where she leads a research theme analysing the use of evidence in policy processes, particularly in relation to gender and health, and sexual health. She has lived and worked for much of the past 20 years in Asia, where she has gathered evidence, built capacity and helped develop policy for programmes focusing on gender, sexual health and human rights. She works closely with national governments, research organisations, WHO and UNFPA in Asia and the Middle East. 

Selected Papers

Mannell, J., & Hawkes, S. (2017). Decriminalisation of gender-based violence is a global health problem. BMJ Global Health, 2 (3), e000438. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000438

Hawkes, S., & Buse, K. (2017). Gender myths in global health. LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH, 5 (9), E871

Hawkes, S., Buse, K., & Kapilashrami, A. (2017). Gender blind? An analysis of global public-private partnerships for health. GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH, 13, ARTN 26. doi:10.1186/s12992-017-0249-1

Buse K, Hildebrand M, Hawkes S. (2016) A farewell to abstinence and fidelity? Lancet Global Health; 4(9: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30138-3

Buse, K., & Hawkes, S. (2015). Health in the sustainable development goals: Ready for a paradigm shift?. Globalization and Health, 11(1). doi:10.1186/s12992-015-0098-8

Puri, M., Misra, G., & Hawkes, S. (2015). Hidden voices: Prevalence and risk factors for violence against women with disabilities in Nepal Health behavior, health promotion and society. BMC Public Health, 15(1). doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1610-z

Gamlin, J., & Hawkes, S. (2015). Pregnancy and birth in an indigenous Huichol community: from structural violence to structural policy responses. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 17(1), 78-91. doi:10.1080/13691058.2014.950334

Hawkes, S. (2014). Sexual health: a post-2015 palimpsest in global health? Lancet Glob Health, 2(7), e377-e378. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70036-1

Cooper, B., Toskin, I., Kulier, R., Allen, T., & Hawkes, S. (2014). Brief sexuality communication-a behavioural intervention to advance sexually transmitted infection/HIV prevention: a systematic review. BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, 121, 92-103. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.12877 

Hawkes, S., Kismödi, E., Larson, H., & Buse, K. (2014). Vaccines to promote and protect sexual health: policy challenges and opportunities. Vaccine, 32(14), 1610-1615. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.09.039

Buse, K., & Hawkes, S. (2014). Health post-2015: Evidence and power. The Lancet, 383(9918), 678-679. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61945-5

Daruwalla, N., Chakravarty, S., Chatterji, S., Shah More, N., Alcock, G., Hawkes, S., . . . Osrin, D. (2013). Violence Against Women With Disability in Mumbai, India: A Qualitative Study. SAGE Open, 3(3). doi:10.1177/2158244013499144

Hawkes, S., & Buse, K. (2013). Gender and global health: Evidence, policy, and inconvenient truths. The Lancet, 381(9879), 1783-1787. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60253-6

Hawkes, S. J., Hasan, A., Tawil, O., & Buse, K. (2012). Managing research evidence to inform action: influencing HIV policy to protect marginalised populations in Pakistan. Global Public Health, 7(5), 482-494. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2012.663778

Ross, M. W., Crisp, B., Mansson, S. A., & Hawkes, S. J. (2012). Occupational health and safety among commerical sex workers. Scandinavian Journal of Work and Environmental Health, 38(2), 105 (119 pages).  doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3184 Retrieved from: http://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3184

Low, N., & Hawkes, S. J. (2011). Putting the magic in magic bullets: top three global priorities for sexually transmitted infection control. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 87, II44-II46. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2011-050207

Church, K., de Koning, K., Hilber, A. M., Ormel, H., & Hawkes, S. (2010). Integrating sexual health services into primary care: An overview of health systems issues and challenges in developing countries. International Journal of Sexual Health, 22(3), 131-143. doi:10.1080/19317611003672823

Hawkes, S., Collumbien, M., Platt, L., Lalji, N., Rizvi, N., Andreasen, A., . . . Bokhari, A. (2009). HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men, transgenders and women selling sex in two cities in Pakistan: a cross-sectional prevalence survey. Sex Transm Infect, 85 Suppl 2, ii8-i16. doi:10.1136/sti.2008.033910

Platt, L., Vickerman, P., Collumbien, M., Hasan, S., Lalji, N., Mayhew, S., Hawkes, S. (2009). Prevalence of HIV, HCV and sexually transmitted infections among injecting drug users in Rawalpindi and Abbottabad, Pakistan: Evidence for an emerging injection-related HIV epidemic. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85(SUPPL. 2). doi:10.1136/sti.2008.034090

Mayhew, S., Collumbien, M., Qureshi, A., Platt, L., Rafiq, N., Faisel, A., Hawkes, S. (2009). Protecting the unprotected: Mixed-method research on drug use, sex work and rights in Pakistan's fight against HIV/AIDS. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85(SUPPL. 2). doi:10.1136/sti.2008.033670

Zaheer, H. A., Hawkes, S., Buse, K., & O'Dwyer, M. (2009). STIs and HIV in Pakistan: From analysis to action. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85(SUPPL. 2). doi:10.1136/sti.2009.036038

Buse, K., Lalji, N., Mayhew, S. H., Imran, M., & Hawkes, S. J. (2009). Political feasibility of scaling-up five evidenceinformed HIV interventions in Pakistan: A policy analysis. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85(SUPPL. 2). doi:10.1136/sti.2008.034058

Hawkes, S. (2008). Addressing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV/AIDS, in the context of sexual health. International Journal of Sexual Health, 20(1-2), 91-108. doi:10.1080/19317610802157093

Collumbien, M., Chow, J., Qureshi, A. A., Rabbani, A., & Hawkes, S. (2008). Multiple risks among male and transgender sex workers in Pakistan. Journal of LGBT Health Research, 4(2-3), 71-79. doi:10.1080/15574090902913651

Hawkes, S., & Collumbien, M. (2007). What do men want? Understanding what men in South Asia want from sexual health services. International Journal of Sexual Health, 19(3), 53-64. doi:10.1300/J514v19n03_07

Schensul, S. L., Hawkes, S., Saggurti, N., Verma, R. K., Narvekar, S. S., Nastasi, B. K., Risbud, A. (2007). Sexually transmitted infections in men in Mumbai slum communities: The relationship of prevalence to risk behavior. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 34(7), 444-450. doi:10.1097/01.olq.0000249776.92490.32

Buse, K., Martin-Hilber, A., Widyantoro, N., & Hawkes, S. J. (2006). Management of the politics of evidence-based sexual and reproductive health policy. Lancet, 368(9552), 2101-2103. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69837-1

Low, N., Broutet, N., Adu-Sarkodie, Y., Barton, P., Hossain, M., & Hawkes, S. (2006). Global control of sexually transmitted infections. Lancet, 368(9551), 2001-2016. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69482-8

Aral, SO,. Hawkes, S., Biddlecom, A., Padian, N. Disproportionate impact of sexually transmitted diseases on women. (2004). Emerg Infect Dis;10(11):2029-2030. doi:  10.3201/eid1011.040623_02

Elwy R, Hart G, Hawkes S, Petticrew M. Evidence for interventions with heterosexual men: results from a systematic review. Archives of Internal Medicine 2002;162(16):1818-1830. doi:10.1001/archinte.162.16.1818

Hawkes, S., & Hart, G. (2000). Men's sexual health matters: Promoting reproductive health in an international context. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 5(7). doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00594.x

Hawkes, S., Morison, L., Foster, S., Gausia, K., Chakraborty, J., Peeling, R. W., . . . Mabey, D. (1999). Reproductive-tract infections in women in low-income, low-prevalence situations: assessment of syndromic management in Matlab, Bangladesh. Lancet, 354(9192), 1776-1781. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10577639

Hawkes, S. (1998). Why include men? Establishing sexual health clinics for men in rural Bangladesh. Health Policy and Planning 13(2):121-130. Retrieved from: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/13/2/121.full.pdf+html?sid=d6a24a3c-38e4-460c-b2ac-7ccb8ee3c1cb

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WHO Publications

Hawkes S. Investment case for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of syphilis: promoting better maternal and child health and stronger health systems. WHO, 2012. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/75480/1/9789241504348_eng.pdf

Hawkes S. Prevention and treatment of HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men and transgender populations. WHO 2008. Retrieved from:  http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/msm/msm_mreport_2008/en/

Aggleton P, Hawkes S, Wood K, MartinHilber A. Developing sexual health programmes: framework for action. WHO 2010. Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/sexual_health/rhr_hrp_10_22/en/index.html