Recently heading the UNFPA Laos office, including as UN RC ai, Ms. Khan has over 23 years of serving those most in need by leading development programmes, humanitarian response, change management initiatives and working with multicultural teams. She brings a passion for promoting a rights-based agenda that focuses on improving lives of women and young people in particular, through culturally sensitive approaches and evidence-based methodologies.
Ms. Khan has led offices and advanced the ICPD agenda in Algeria, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Tanzania, as well as through regional and global work whilst in UNFPA HQs. She has been recognised and awarded medals for her work by host Governments in numerous countries. Her broad-based portfolio includes leading UN-wide Gender, Youth, Population work, leading Business process reengineering and communication work, advancing Human Resources initiatives, joint UN initiatives, fostering innovation and serving on a number of Interagency global and regional platforms.
With two Masters degrees in Sociology and Population Studies, Ms Khan speaks English, Urdu, French, Punjabi and basic Mandarin. She has rich experience of living and working in South and SE Asia, Europe, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA. She is accompanied by her spouse and two children.
