Executive Leadership Photo Gallery

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem carries the United Nations flag during the closing ceremony of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. © Nairobi Summit

UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem carries the United Nations flag during the closing ceremony of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. © Nairobi Summit

Nairobi, Kenya | 14 November 2019
Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem closes a celebratory Nairobi Summit, where more than 9,500 delegates from around the world threw their support behind realizing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all. © Nairobi Summit

Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem closes a celebratory Nairobi Summit, where more than 8,300 delegates from around the world threw their support behind realizing the sexual and reproductive health and rights of all. © Nairobi Summit

Nairobi, Kenya | 14 November 2019

Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem meets with Dechen Wangmo, the Health Minister of Bhutan. © UNFPA Bhutan/Nilanjana Bose

Thimphu, Bhutan | 25 October 2019
Dr. Natalia Kanem shakes the hand of a UNFPA staff member as a midwife stands to the left of her.

Dr. Natalia Kanem spends time with midwives and UNFPA staff at the D5 reproductive health clinic in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Lauren Anders Brown

Bangladesh | 5 June 2018
A close up of Dr. Natalia Kanem smiling as she visits with a new mother.

Dr. Natalia Kanem visits the D5 reproductive health clinic in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Lauren Anders Brown

Bangladesh | 5 June 2018
A close up of Dr. Natalia Kanem on the right side with a woman sitting on her left.

Dr. Natalia Kanem attends a focus group discussion with Rohingya women in the Lambasia women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Lauren Anders Brown

Bangladesh | 5 June 2018
Dr. Natalia Kanem sits to the left of a new mother holding her infant baby in Kutupalong settlement, Bangladesh.

Dr. Natalia Kanem meets a new mother and her baby at the D5 reproductive health clinic in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Lauren Anders Brown

Bangladesh | 5 June 2018
Dr. Natalia Kanem standing next to a midwife at a women-friendly space in Kutupalong settlement, Bangladesh.

Dr. Natalia Kanem meets a midwife serving Rohingya women in the Lambasia women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Lauren Anders Brown

Bangladesh | 5 June 2018

Dr. Natalia Kanem attends a focus group discussion with Rohingya women in the Lambasia women-friendly space in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © UNFPA Bangladesh/Lauren Anders Brown

Bangladesh | 5 June 2018

Dr. Natalia Kanem at UNFPA Headquarters in New York. © UNFPA/Rand Jarallah

UNFPA, New York | 12 January 2018
Dr. Natalia Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director, at the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights held in Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam on 30/11/2017. @UNFPA Viet Nam/ Vu Ngoc Dung

Dr. Natalia Kanem at the 9th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights. © UNFPA Viet Nam/ Vu Ngoc Dung

Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam | 30 November 2017
Dr. Natalia Kanem speaking at the 9th Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights © UNFPA Viet Nam/ Vu Ngoc Dung

Dr. Natalia Kanem speaking at the 9th Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights © UNFPA Viet Nam/ Vu Ngoc Dung

Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam | 30 November 2017
Dr. Natalia Kanem with Syrian mother at the Zaatari Maternity Clinic in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert

Dr. Natalia Kanem with a Syrian mother and her newborn at the Zaatari Maternity Clinic in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert

Jordan | 12 November 2017
Dr. Natalia Kanem holding a baby at the Zaatari Maternity Clinic Clinic in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert

Dr. Natalia Kanem holding a newborn at the Zaatari Maternity Clinic Clinic in Jordan. © UNFPA Jordan/Elspeth Dehnert

Jordan | 12 November 2017

Dr. Natalia Kanem at the launch of the State of the World Population Report 2017.  © UNFPA/Digby Oldridge  

London, United Kingdom | 17 October 2017
On 3 October 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Dr. Natalia Kanem Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. © UN Photo/Mark Garten

On 3 October 2017, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Dr. Natalia Kanem Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.  © UN Photo/Mark Garten

New York | 3 October 2017
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) swears in Natalia Kanem as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund. © UN Photo/Cia Pak

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) swears in Natalia Kanem as Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund. © UN Photo/Cia Pak

New York | 24 October 2016