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Nafissatou Jocelyne Diop is a Senegalese public health expert and activist who currently serves as the Chief of the Gender and Human Rights Branch of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF).^[1] She is also a senior program specialist at the International Development Research Centre.^[2]

Career

Diop served as a coordinator of the UNPF-UNICEF joint program on female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C). While holding the position, she served as a panelist at the 2014 Girl Summit, a summit held by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development, which focused on ending female genital mutilation.^[3]

From August 2017 to January 2022, Diop led the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa Initiative, an initiative co-funded by Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research , and Canada's International Development Research Centre.

Diop was announced as the new director of executive director of the Canadian Association for Global Health.^[4]

On December 14, 2022, Diop joined the Board of Directors of Quebec-based public health non-profit organization Santé Monde (formerly known as the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Santé et Développement, or CCISD).^[5]

References

^ "Chair of UNPRPD 2022-2024". Global Disability Fund. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
^ "IDRC at the 2024 Canadian Conference on Global Health | IDRC - International Development Research Centre". idrc-crdi.ca. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
^ "Nafissatou Diop - Co-ordinator, UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C - DFID Girl Summit 2014". www.comminit.com. 06-08-2015. Retrieved 2025-03-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Dr. Nafissatou Diop: CAGH's new executive director | CAGH". cagh-acsm.org. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
^ "Dr. Nafissatou Diop Appointed to Santé Monde's Board of Directors - Santé Monde". https://santemonde.org/en/. Retrieved 2025-03-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[1] "Chair of UNPRPD 2022-2024". Global Disability Fund. Retrieved 2025-03-05.

[2] "IDRC at the 2024 Canadian Conference on Global Health | IDRC - International Development Research Centre". idrc-crdi.ca. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2025-03-05.

[3] "Nafissatou Diop - Co-ordinator, UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme on FGM/C - DFID Girl Summit 2014". www.comminit.com. 06-08-2015. Retrieved 2025-03-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[4] "Dr. Nafissatou Diop: CAGH's new executive director | CAGH". cagh-acsm.org. Retrieved 2025-03-05.

[5] "Dr. Nafissatou Diop Appointed to Santé Monde's Board of Directors - Santé Monde". https://santemonde.org/en/. Retrieved 2025-03-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

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