- Representative, United Nations Population Fund Türkiye
- Ms. Khan took up her current role in November 2023. Prior to that she headed the UNFPA Laos office. She brings over 25 years of experience serving those most in need through development programmes, humanitarian response, change management initiatives and working with multicultural teams. She brings a passion for promoting a rights based agenda that focuses on improving lives of women and young people, through culturally sensitive approaches and evidence based methodologies. Ms. Khan has led offices and advanced the ICPD agenda in Algeria, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Tanzania, as well as through regional and global work whilst in UNFPA HQs. She has been awarded for her work by host Governments in numerous countries. Her broad based portfolio includes leading UN wide Gender, Youth, Population work. She has also led Business process reengineering and communication work, advanced Human Resource initiatives, joint UN initiatives, fostering innovation and serving on a number of Inter agency global and regional platforms. With two Masters degrees in Sociology and Population Studies, Ms Khan speaks English, Urdu, French, Punjabi and basic Mandarin. She has rich experience of living and working in South and SE Asia, Europe, North America, Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA. She is accompanied by her spouse and two children.
