Sophie Arseneault is a long-standing advocate for health equity, supporting community-led approaches to regressive policies impeding on the health and well-being of vulnerable communities. She currently serves as Climate and Health Analyst to the World Bank Group’s Health, Nutrition, and Population Global Engagement Practice, where she informs health and development financing through the evaluation of climate-related risks to the continuity of health services across low- and middle-income countries. Concentrating on sexual and reproductive health, she supports national stakeholders in applying findings to disaster risk management and health system strengthening.

She has provided technical assistance to governments across the Caribbean region in the implementation of gender- and disability-responsive policies and programming under climate-related emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts; and advised multilateral initiatives aiming to scale youth-led approaches to the global HIV/AIDS response in regions at risk of being left behind. Previously serving as Policy and Government Relations Officer for the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health, Sophie led efforts to safeguard accountability for policy, fiscal, and programmatic commitments to the neglected areas of SRHR under the Canadian government’s 10-Year Commitment to Global Health and Rights.

Sophie has been a member of Fòs Feminista’s Board of Directors since 2020, serving on the Governance, Advocacy and Partnership and Performance committees. In this capacity, Sophie has addressed disparities in policy and programming through the World Health Organization’s Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH) as Vice-Chair (<30) of the Evidence & Accountability Working Group; and Global Steering Committee on the Practical Guidance to Operationalize the Global Consensus Statement on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement.

Having obtained her Baccalaureate of Arts in International Development at McGill University, where she remains a frequent lecturer, she is currently completing her Master’s of Science in Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy and Programming at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – concentrating on the climate adaptability of humanitarian SRH implementation frameworks across Small Island Developing States.