Mr. Harry S. Jooseery

Mr. Harry S. Jooseery
Executive Director, Partners in Population and Development (PPD)

Harry Jooseery is since January 2006 the Executive Director of Partners in Population and Development (PPD) an intergovernmental organisation which is an observer at the United Nations. He is a social scientist with a medical background. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Economics and Political Science, a Masters of Arts degree in Education and a Masters of Science degree in Reproductive Health from the University of Edinburgh in UK. He undertook specialised academic studies in Population and Development and Executive Development at University of Cambridge, UK and the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His previous work, affinity and involvement with the media, takes him back from his social sciences and medical studies to Mass Communication in which he completes a Doctorate.

He started his career as a Journalist in the written press and subsequently as a Radio and TV newscaster. He has worked as an Education Officer in Mauritius before joining the IPPF Member Association in Mauritius as a Programme Director and later became the Executive Director, and which he served for 15 years. He followed intensive courses on Reproductive Health Programme Management, Reproductive Health IEC Strategy Development and population and development from the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, CAFS and other various international institutions. He has been an ardent advocate for RH and Rights, especially on issues of Abortion and Women Empowerment, and has published many related articles. He talks, reads and writes fluently English and French; understands but speaks less Hindi and Urdu. He is a good communicator and possesses a pleasant personality.

Harry Jooseery has 30 years experience in teaching, training, consulting and managing Reproductive Health programme in many countries where he worked for IPPF, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP and others. He has travelled and worked as Consultant and Trainer on Reproductive Health, Gender and Women Empowerment, Population and Development in almost all the continents. As UNFPA Consultant/Advisor he was posted to the Ministry of Women, Child Development and Family Affairs of the Government of Mauritius for one year in 1997 to develop and initiate a Gender Mainstreaming project for the Government. He has also worked at the UN mission in Mauritius as the Assistant United Nations Resident Coordinator. In 2005 he obtained the IPPF Gold Medal.