Sara L.M. Davis

Sara L.M. Davis, PhD ("Meg"), is a human rights advocate, teacher and researcher.

Davis teaches courses on sexual violence in conflicts and emergencies at the Geneva Center for Education and Research in Humanitarian Action. She was previously Senior Human Rights Advisor at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, where she led the process of establishing minimum human rights standards for grant agreements in 140 countries that receive Global Fund support; launched a human rights complaints procedure at the Global Fund Office of the Inspector General; and published and implemented grant guidance on funding human rights programs as part of Global Fund HIV, TB, Malaria and Health System Strengthening grants. Prior to joining the Global Fund she was the founder of Asia Catalyst, a nonprofit organizations that works with marginalized communities in East and Southeast Asia. Davis founded Asia Catalyst in 2006. Before that, she conducted research and advocacy for Human Rights Watch and Open Society Institute. Davis has worked on issues related to HIV/AIDS and human rights, police abuse, housing rights, environmental rights, and rule of law in China, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Indonesia.

Davis is the author of numerous articles on health and human rights, as well as a book, Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China’s Southwest Borders, (Columbia University Press, 2005 and Silkworm Books, 2006). Her articles have appeared in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, , Health and Human Rights , Wall Street Journal Asia,International Herald Tribune, South China Morning Post, HIV Law and Policy Review, Harm Reduction Journal, and Modern China.

Davis received her doctorate from University of Pennsylvania and held postdoctoral fellowships at Yale University and the University of California Los Angeles. Born in France, she speaks French, English, and Mandarin.

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