Yasmin Ali Haque
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Haque graduated from Dhaka Medical College and did a masters in health system management from the University of London.[3]
Career
In 1996, Haque joined UNICEF Bangladesh.[3]
In 2006, Haque was working in UNICEF Sri Lanka.[4]
Haque served as the Deputy UNICEF representative in Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2013.[3]
From 2007 to 2010, Haque served as the UNICEF representative in Ghana.[3]
Haque served as the UNICEF representative in South Sudan from 2010 to 2013.[3]
In July 2017, Haque was appointed the UNICEF representative in India.[5][6] She had been serving as the Deputy Director of Emergency Programmes based at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York City.[7] She is a founding member of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit.[8]
Haque said that India was making improvements in healthcare in 2018.[9] She said more girls than boys die during early childhood in India.[10]
In June 2021, Haque launched Young Warrior Movement to encourage young people to participate in the recovery of India from COVID-19 pandemic.[11] She talked about the detrimental effect of the pandemic on education in India.[12] She called on the Indian government to take action against child labor.[13] She described climate change as a children's right issue.[14]
References
- ↑ "First day at school delayed for 140 million children globally: UNICEF". The Economic Times. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Ayushmann Khurrana joins David Beckham in UNICEF's campaign to end violence against children". Hindustan Times. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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- ↑ "Youth abductions haunt Lanka as violence rises". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Dr. Yasmin Ali Haqu". Geena Davis Institute. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Yasmin,Ali Haque". Ideas For India. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Dr Yasmin Ali Haque – InnoHEALTH 2019". Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "RMMRU Team | Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit". Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "India is making steady progress in healthcare, says UNICEF's Yasmin Ali". Hindustan Times. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Healthcare: More baby girls than boys die in India". The Daily Star. Reuters. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "'Young people as vaccine buddies, fake news police can help India fight Covid-19': UNICEF India Representative Dr Yasmin Haque". The Indian Express. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "A lost generation: India's COVID crisis reverses decades of progress for children". Los Angeles Times. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ Chandelkar, Aprajita (12 June 2021). "World Day against Child Labor 2021: Theme Is To "Act Now"". Woman's era. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Children in India, 3 other S Asian nations at extremely high risk of climate crisis impacts: UNICEF". BSS. Retrieved 16 July 2022.