Ghada Waly
Ghada Fathi Waly (born 1965) is an Egyptian politician who has been serving as the Director-General/Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) since 2020, following her appointment by Secretary-General António Guterres.[1] She holds the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Education
Ghada Waly holds an MA and a BA from Colorado State University (US) in Humanities; she also holds a diploma in international development and a diploma in Project Management and is certified in Micro Finance from University of Colorado Boulder. She is fluent in Arabic, English and French and has a working knowledge of Spanish.[1]
Career
Waly served as Minister of Social Solidarity of Egypt from March 2014 until December 2019.
She has held leadership positions as Managing Director of Social Fund for Development (SFD), a multimillion-dollar SME Fund, and as Assistant Resident Representative for poverty reduction at the
Waly sits on the board of a number of civil society organizations and is an advocate for women’s economic and social empowerment and for SMEs. She also served as the vice-chairperson of the Egyptian Red Crescent Association.[citation needed]
Public profile
She was voted the most influential woman in Egypt in 2016, according to Baseera Public Opinion Research Center and was chosen by Forbes Middle East as one of the ten most powerful Arab women in government for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.[citation needed]
Other activities
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Ex-Officio Member of the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (since 2020)[2]
- International Gender Champions (IGC), Member (since 2020)[3]
References
- ^ a b c "Secretary-General Appoints Ghada Fathi Waly of Egypt Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases". www.un.org. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- ^ Leadership Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
- ^ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).