Francine Coeytaux

Francine Coeytaux
NationalityFrench
Alma materStanford University
University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Women's health advocate and public health specialist
Awards2013 Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leadership Award
2011 Carl S. Shultz Award for Lifetime Achievement
2010 Felicia Stewart Award for Lifetime Achievement in Emergency Contraception
Websitewww.phi.org/people/?name=francine-coeytaux

Francine Coeytaux, founder of the Pacific Institute for Women's Health, is an American-based French public health specialist and abortion rights activist who has developed and evaluated family planning and reproductive health programs. She is known for her work on comprehensive reproductive health services, abortion and new reproductive technologies. She was an Associate at the Population Council in New York City where she started an international program to address the problem of unsafe abortion, collaborated on the public introduction of Norplant and RU 486, and helped develop reproductive health activities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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