Louise Kantrow, PhD

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, is an American human rights activist, and has served as the International Chamber of Commerce

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’s permanent representative to the United Nations

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 since 2007. She was formerly the Executive Director of the International League for Human Rights

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She has formerly also been the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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 of the United Nations Association of the United States of America

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 and a Senior Advisor to the United Nations Population Fund

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Kantrow holds a doctoral degree in demography from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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