MR NEIL DATTA is the Secretary of the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF). He founded EPF with a select group of parliamentarians and with the support of IPPF in 2000, becoming Secretary in 2004, and has been responsible for its growth a network of over 30 all-party parliamentary groups on population and development issues. Throughout this period, he has also conducted in-depth research on anti-choice activity in Europe, publishing a report in 2018 that continues to receive worldwide media attention.

Neil Datta holds a Master's Degree in European Public Administration from the College of Europe in Bruges and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Languages from the State University of New York at Binghamton. He continues to guide European Parliamentary policy and funding actions on population, development and reproductive health and rights. Previously, Neil Datta coordinated the Parliamentary Programme of the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network.