{"id":212808,"date":"2022-01-05T08:15:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T06:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/secretarygeneral-appoints-amanda-khozi-mukwashi-of-zambia-united-nations-resident-coordinator-in-lesotho?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-05T08:15:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T06:15:58","slug":"secretary-general-appoints-amanda-khozi-mukwashi-of-zambia-united-nations-resident-coordinator-in-lesotho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/secretary-general-appoints-amanda-khozi-mukwashi-of-zambia-united-nations-resident-coordinator-in-lesotho\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary-General Appoints Amanda Khozi Mukwashi of Zambia United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lesotho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/ffe41a2e362442b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/ffe41a2e362442b\" alt=\"UN News\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/ffe41a2e362442b\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On 1 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ant&oacute;nio Guterres appointed Amanda Khozi Mukwashi of Zambia as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lesotho, with the host Government&rsquo;s approval.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Mukwashi has devoted more than 25 years to public service, working on poverty alleviation, tackling injustice and inequalities at the intergovernmental and non-governmental level while holding leadership positions at the United Nations and externally. &nbsp;Within the Organization, she served with the United Nations Volunteers programme in Germany as Chief of Volunteer Knowledge and Innovation, as well as Chief of Advisory Services. &nbsp;She has also worked on country support programmes on gender, population and development with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>Outside the United Nations, she most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Christian Aid, an international development and humanitarian non-governmental organization working in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. &nbsp;Prior to that, she held senior positions within global non-profit Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO International), as well as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa in Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>A published author and an award-winning Chief Executive Officer, Ms.&nbsp;Mukwashi is also a trustee of United Kingdom-based think tank Demos and is a Thursdays in Black ambassador raising awareness of gender-based violence for the World Council of Churches. &nbsp;She has also served in non-executive capacities as a trustee for the British International Development Network (BOND), as a president of Akina Mama wa Afrika, a pan-African feminist organization, and as a trustee of the United Kingdom Disaster Emergency Committee.<\/p>\n<p>She holds a master&rsquo;s degree in international economic law from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in law from the University of Zambia.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of UN News.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo On 1 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ant&oacute;nio Guterres appointed Amanda Khozi Mukwashi of Zambia as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lesotho, with the host Government&rsquo;s approval. 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