The outgoing Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Natalia Kanem, reflects on her eight-year tenure leading the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency. As she concludes her assignment and a few days ahead of World Population Day, Dr. Kanem sat down with UN News for an exclusive interview.
Wishing her the very best with hopes she will stay in the field and continue her positive leadership!!!
“World population is a subject that is worthy of discussion. And the lens for that should be through the eyes of a ten-year-old girl. She’s entering teenagehood. Will she be able to stay in school, graduate, and make her way in the world, or is she going to be derailed by things like child marriage or female genital mutilation? I’ve had remarkable colleagues. You could not ask for better, who understand that when that ten-year-old girl succeeds, everyone succeeds.” she said.
SOURCE: UN Web TV, 08 July 2025.