Karin Sham Poo
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Karin Holmgrunn Sham Poo (December 18, 1943- ), became the first female Senior Vice President of banking in Norway
in 1980. She was later recruited to UNICEF and became its Deputy Executive Director based in New York City. She retired from UNICEF in 2004, but is currently UNICEF Special Envoy to the Caribbean
. In her daily life she is an advocate for women's rights and children's rights. Mrs. Sham Poo served as interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict from August to October 2005.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
in 1980. She was later recruited to UNICEF and became its Deputy Executive Director based in New York City. She retired from UNICEF in 2004, but is currently UNICEF Special Envoy to the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
. In her daily life she is an advocate for women's rights and children's rights. Mrs. Sham Poo served as interim Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict from August to October 2005.