Sarmila Dhakal is a Research Officer at the Center for Research on Environment, Health and Population Activities (CREHPA), with extensive experience in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and public health research in Nepal. Holding a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Southern Denmark, Sarmila has over six years of experience in public health research, focusing on translating research evidence into actionable policy recommendations to inform health policy and programs.

She has worked with various national and international organisations, including local, provincial and federal governments in Nepal. Her primary research interests include sexual and reproductive health and rights, child marriage, gender issues, mental health and environmental health. Currently, she is involved in an interventional study on “Menstrual Health and Justice”, which seeks to establish a universal framework for menstrual justice and design an intervention to improve menstrual justice.