Ghada Waly

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Ghada Fathi Waly ( Arabic غادة فتحي والي, DMG Ġāda Fatḥī Wālī ; born 1965 ) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat. She has been Director General of the United Nations Office (UNOV) and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna since February 2020 .

education

Ghada Waly completed a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Foreign Languages ​​and Literature ( Humanities ) from Colorado State University . She earned diplomas in development policy , project management and a certificate in microfinance from the University of Colorado Boulder . She is fluent in Arabic, English and French.

Career

From 2000 to 2004 Waly was the program director of CARE International for Egypt, subsequently deputy head of the United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) in Egypt until 2011 and then management director of the Egyptian Social Development Fund .

In 2014 she was appointed Egyptian Minister for Social Solidarity . One focus of her work was the development of a national anti-drug strategy with nationwide awareness campaigns and innovative offers for the rehabilitation and reintegration of substance addicts . She was the coordinator of the inter-ministerial committee for social justice, was on the board of the center for social criminological research and was chair of the executive council of social ministers of the Arab League .

On November 21, 2019, UN Secretary General António Guterres appointed her Director General of the United Nations Office (UNOV) and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna to succeed Yuri Fedotov . She took up office on February 1, 2020.

Appreciations

In 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Ghada Waly was voted one of the 10 most powerful Arab women by Forbes Middle East .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b https://www.un.org/press/en/2019/sga1924.doc.htm accessed on July 5, 2020
  2. ↑ https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/1/78008/UN-appoints-Ghada-Waly-executive-director-of-Office-on-Drugs accessed on July 5, 2020
  3. ↑ a b http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/eds-corner/biography.html accessed on July 5, 2020
  4. ↑ https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/list/top-10-most-powerful-arab-women-in-government-2017 accessed on July 5, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Waly, Ghada
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waly, Ghada Fathi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1965