Ms. Nadia Rasheed arrives as new UNFPA Representative in Sierra Leone

Ms. Nadia Rasheed arrives as new UNFPA Representative in Sierra Leone

Ms. Nadia Rasheed arrived in Sierra Leone on 16 May 2022 as Representative of the United Nations Population Fund-UNFPA Country Office.

A national of Sudan, Ms. Rasheed brings with her wealth of management experience, including on health, gender and development issues. She has represented UNDP in partnerships with other UN organizations, managed interagency programmes and provided advisory support to UNDP Country Offices and national partners.

Before joining UNFPA, Ms. Rasheed was the UNDP Deputy Resident Representative in India. Prior to her last appointment in India, she was the Team Leader for the UNDP Regional Health and Development Team for Asia and the Pacific from 2014 to 2018. She also served as UNDP Deputy Country Director ad-interim in Sri Lanka in 2018.

From 2009 to 2014, she was the global Practice Manager for the HIV, Health and Development Practice at UNDP Headquarters in New York. She was also, from 2005 to 2009, global Policy Specialist on HIV in the Bureau for Development Policy at UNDP. She previously worked with the UNDP Human Development Report Office, and with UNDP and other organizations on capacity development and gender equality issues.

Ms. Rasheed holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, and a master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University.

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About UNFPA:

UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled. UNFPA reaches millions of women and young people in 155 countries and territories. Operating in Sierra Leone since 1971, the agency provides Government and other partners with comprehensive technical support to implement programmes and improve knowledge on sexual and reproductive health; gender equality; population issues; adolescents and youth.

For more information, please contact:

John Baimba Sesay

UNFPA Sierra Leone

Web and Media Analyst

Email: [email protected]

Tel: +232 30953193

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