She was the second president of the International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC).
[1] Germain was the first woman to act as a representative of "any donor agency" in Bangladesh.
[3] Germain worked as a strategist and adviser to the United States delegation at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo.
[4] She says, "If they are forced to have sex, denied information and protection about sexual diseases, it limits how they can be and act in the world.
"[4] Germain received the United Nations Population Award in June 2012 in recognition of her work in the field.