Aida Girma-Melaku | |
|---|---|
| UNICEF representative in Pakistan | |
| Assumed office April 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ethiopia |
| Profession | UNO, UNICEF Pakistan |
Aida Girma-Melaku, born in Ethiopia and a naturalized citizen of Italy, is a writer and the representative of UNICEF in Pakistan. [1]
Girma-Melaku was born in Ethiopia and became a citizen of Italy. Girma-Melaku was educated at Southern New Hampshire University, where she obtained an M.Sc. in Development Economics after a B.Sc. in International Development. She also took a course at Harvard. Girma-Melaku was a UNICEF representative for fourteen years in Uganda, South Africa and Malawi. She remained associated with UNICEF as Deputy Representative of UNICEF in Mozambique and Somalia. [2]
On 12 April 2018 she presented her credentials to Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, as the new UNICEF representative. [3]
Girma-Melaku speaks on different welfare projects and writes articles to highlight women's problems. [4] [5] [6]
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