A Jordanian Diplomat With Development Expertise Will Lead UN Women

Sima Sami Bahous, Jordan’s ambassador to the United Nations until recently, pictured in 2019. She is to be appointed executive director of UN Women, succeeding Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of South Africa and the third person, after Michelle Bachelet of Chile, to hold the post since the agency’s founding in 2010. UNAOC