Background
Sadik, Nafis was born on August 18, 1929 in Jaunpur, India. Daughter of Iffat Ara and Mohammad Shoaib.
international organization official
Sadik, Nafis was born on August 18, 1929 in Jaunpur, India. Daughter of Iffat Ara and Mohammad Shoaib.
Attended, Loretto College, Calcutta, India. Doctor of Medicine, Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan. Attended, Johns Hopkins University.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Johns Hopkins University, 1989. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brown University, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Duke University, 1995.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Wilfrid Laurier University, 1995. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Michigan, 1996. Doctor of Science (honorary), Claremont University, 1996.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Philippines University, 1997. Doctor of Science (honorary), Long Island University, 1997. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Nepal Tribhuvan University, 1998.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Tulane University, 1999.
Intern obstetrics-gynecology City Hospital, Baltimore, 1952-1954. Civilian medical officer in charge of women's and children's wards various Pakistani armed forces hospitals, 1954-1963. Resident physiology Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1958.
Head health section Planning Commission on Health and Family Planning, Pakistan, 1964. Director planning and training Pakistan Center Family Planning Council, 1966-1968, deputy director-general, 1968-1970, director-general, 1970-1971. Technical advisor United Nations Fund for Population Activities, 1971-1972, chief programme division, 1973-1977, assistant executive director, 1977-1987, executive director, 1987—2000.
Under-secretary-general United Nations, 1987—2000, special envoy of secretary general for Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Asia and in the Pacific New York City, since 2002. Secretary-general International Conference on Population and Development, 1994. President Society International Development, 1994-1997.
Board governors Foundation Human Development. Member South Asian Commission on the Asian Challenge.
Writings include: Population: National Family Planning Programme in Pakistan, 1968, Population: the United Nations Population Fund Experience, 1984, Population Policies and Programmes: Making a Difference: Twenty-five Years of United Nations Population Fund Experience, 1994, Lessions learned from Two Decades of Experience, 1991, Making a Difference: Twenty-Five Years of United Nations Population Fund Experience, 1994. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow Royal College Ob-Gyn.
Bridge, reading, theater, travel.
Married Azhar Sadik, 1954. 5 children.