Career
Early career
Kanem started her career in academia at the Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University Schools of Medicine and public health. She was a Senior Associate at the Lloyd Best Institute of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago from 2012 to 2013. [5] From 2005 to 2011,she was the founding president of ELMA Philanthropies,a private institution focusing primarily on children and youth in Africa. [6]
Ford Foundation
Kanem worked as a Ford Foundation officer from 1992 to 2005,where she pioneered work in women's reproductive health and sexuality,in particular through her position as the foundation's representative for West Africa. [7] She then served as Deputy Vice-President for the Ford Foundation's worldwide peace and social justice programmes in Africa,Asia,Eastern Europe,South America,and North America. [8]
United Nations Population Fund
Before becoming UNFPA Executive Director,Kanem served as the agency's representative in Tanzania from 2014 to 2016. She then went on to become Deputy Executive Director in charge of programmes at UNFPA Headquarters in New York. [9] On 3 October 2017,Kanem was appointed as Executive Director of UNFPA by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. [10] Under her leadership,UNFPA has focused on achieving three results:zero maternal deaths,zero unmet need for family planning,and zero gender-based violence and harmful practices. [11]
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