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Rima Salah - Deputy Executive Director

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Rima Salah

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A tireless advocate on behalf of children, women and the most vulnerable groups in society, Ms. Salah took up her new function as Deputy Executive of UNICEF in December 2004.

Prior to her appointment as Deputy Executive Director, Ms. Salah was UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa.  She also served as UNICEF Representative in Vietnam, from December 1995.

Ms. Salah joined UNICEF in August 1987 as Project Officer for Social Planning in Quetta, Pakistan. In September 1989, she was promoted to head the UNICEF mission in Baluchistan, Pakistan. In 1992, Ms. Salah was appointed as the UNICEF Representative in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Prior to joining UNICEF, Ms. Salah was a professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Binghamton, New York, United States of America from 1977 to 1984, where she lectured in Anthropology and programmes related to Southwest Asian and North African Studies.  Between 1975 and 1977, Ms. Salah pursued graduate level studies in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology at the SUNY.  From September 1972 to December 1975, Ms. Salah was an Instructor of Sociology and Social Work at the School of Social Work in Dar al-Tifl al-Arabi, Jerusalem.

During this period, she also lectured in Psychology and Sociology at the Swedish Organization of Individual Relief in Jerusalem.  From October 1967 to December 1975, she worked with Catholic Relief Services in Jerusalem where she identified hardship families and assisted them to become self-supporting.  Ms. Salah also served the Jordanian Ministry of Education, from September 1965 to May 1967, when she taught at the El-Thawari Preparatory School in Jerusalem.

Ms. Salah, a national of Jordan, was born in Jerusalem.  She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Social Work (1965) from the Beirut College for Women in Lebanon; a Master’s degree in Education and Sociology (1976) from the State University of New York, Fredonia; as well as a Master’s degree and a Ph.D. in ‘Cultural Anthropology’, 1981 and 1986 respectively, from the State University of New York, Binghamthon.

Ms. Salah has also conducted extensive research on issues concerning Gender and Development, as well as Child-centered Community Development.

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