Henia Dakkak
Henia Dakkak is the Head of Policy and Liaison Unit with The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Humanitarian Office. Dakkak provides UNFPA country and regional offices with advice on policy, coordination and technical support related to humanitarian preparedness, emergency response, disaster risk reduction, recovery and resilience. Her goal and role is to advance gender equality, to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights including menstrual health, mental health and psychosocial support and to prevent and respond to gender based violence issues in humanitarian settings and across humanitarian, development and peace nexus. Before joining the UN in June 2004, Dakkak was the Director of Relief and Development programs with International Medical Corps (IMC), she managed and developed the technical aspect of service delivery programming to improve quality of care within IMC global programs in relief and development settings throughout Africa, Central Asia, Middle East and Southeast Asia. She has also worked as technical advisor for the Reproductive Health in Conflict Consortium, providing technical advice and training to projects implemented in nine countries across conflict and post conflict situations around the globe.
Biography current as of February 10, 2020