Background
Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed was born on March 2, 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq.
international organization official
Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed was born on March 2, 1945 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Bachelor, Mills College, Oakland, California, 1966. Master of Arts, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1974.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Mills College, 2002.
Assistant/associate social affairs officer Economic and Social Commission Western Asia, 1975—1981, women and development progressive manager, 1981—1992, chief, social development and population division, 1992—1993, deputy executive secretary, 1993—1998. Director division Arab states and Europe United Nations Population Fund, 1998—2000, executive director, since 2001. Under-secretary general United Nations, since 2001.
Coordinator group on women Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, 1989—1990, vice president staff council, 1980—1982. Chair Inter-agency Task Force on Gender, Amman, Jordan, 1996.
Member of Association Working Mothers, Al Nadha Women's Association.
Married; 2 children.