Nafis Sadik

Nafis Sadik (18 August 1929 – 14 August 2022) was a Pakistani physician, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General with additional responsibilities as Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia, and former executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from 1987 to 2000. She retired from the post in December 2000.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Nafis Sadik was born in Jaunpur, British India as the daughter of Iffat Ara and Muhammad Shoaib, former Finance Minister of Pakistan. She studied medicine at and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi.

After graduating, she went to the USA to complete an internship in gynaecology and obstetrics at City Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and finished her further education at the Johns Hopkins University.[3][4]

Career

She returned to Pakistan in 1954 with her husband, to become a civilian doctor in army hospitals. She worked until 1963 in women's and children's wards in Pakistan Armed Forces hospitals.[3] In 1964, Sadik was appointed head of the Health Section of the Government’s Planning Commission.[5]

Sadik joined the Pakistan Central Family Planning Council in 1966 as Director of Planning and Training, the Government agency charged with carrying out the national family planning programme. She was appointed Deputy Director-General in 1968 and Director-General in 1970.[3]

United Nations

Sadik joined the UN Population Fund in 1971. Shortly after the sudden death of the UNFPA Executive Director, Dr Rafael Salas, UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar appointed her to succeed him, in 1987, thus becoming the first woman to head one of the United Nations' major voluntarily-funded programmes.[3]

Sadik consistently called attention to the importance of addressing the needs of women, and of involving women directly in making and carrying out development policy. This was particularly important for population policies and programmes in the Third World and developing countries, where her strategy for providing females with education and the tools to control their own fertility has influenced the global birthrate.[citation needed]

In June 1990, the Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed Sadik Secretary-General of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), 1994.[4]

Other activities

Sadik's contribution to improving the health of women and children in the global community brought her many international awards and honours.

She was a member of the Board of Governors of the Foundation for Human Development, and a member of the South Asian Commission on the Asian Challenge. Sadik was the President of the Society for International Development (SID) for the period 1994–1997.

After her retirement from the United Nations Population Fund, she served on several boards of directors and advisory panels of non-profit organizations and research institutions in the area of population control including on the Advisor Board for the German Foundation for World Population. Sadik was an Emeritus Member of Population Action International.[3]

Personal life and death

Sadik married Azhar Sadik, a Pakistani army officer. Sadik died on 14 August 2022, at the age of 92. [6] Sadik's husband and a daughter predeceased her. She was survived by three daughters and a son.[5]

Awards

Publications

Nafis Sadik is widely published in the family planning and population control areas:[4]

  • Population: The UNFPA Experience (New York University Press, 1984)
  • Population Policies and Programmes: Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Experience (New York University Press, 1991)
  • Making a Difference: Twenty-five Years of UNFPA Experience (Banson, London, United Kingdom, 1994)

See also

References

  1. ^ Fighting Population With Women's Rights: Meeting: Nafis Sadik has spent years promoting family planning. The head of this week's U.N. conference sees equality as key to controlling world's numbers Los Angeles Times (newspaper), Published 4 September 1994, Retrieved 5 July 2018
  2. ^ Cathleen Miller. "Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik (Book Review and profile of Nafis Sadik)". University of Nebraska Press. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g An Agenda for People: The UNFPA Through Three Decades (includes profile of Nafis Sadik) GoogleBooks website, Retrieved 5 July 2018
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Nafis Sadik profile on PAI Washington website Retrieved 5 July 2018
  5. ^ a b Green, Andrew (17 September 2022). "Obituary Nafis Sadik". The Lancet. 400 (10356): 882. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01746-9. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 36116473. S2CID 252285824.
  6. ^ "Nafis Sadik, Women's Health and Rights Champion, Dies at 92". USNews. Associated Press. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

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