Mohammad Naciri
Moroccan diplomat · Morocco · On the map · Politicians · Born 1973 · age 53
Mohammad Naciri is the Chief of Staff for UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. Prior to his appointment in 2021, he was the Entity's Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, based in Bangkok, and earlier was the Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
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He was the first man to hold the positions of Regional Director and Chief of Staff positions in UN Women. A senior United Nations official, Naciri has served with the UN for almost three decades. Prior to his current appointment, he served as deputy regional director, Arab States, UN Women. He belongs to the Naciri family, a long-standing family in Morocco. Naciri has been engaged in addressing cultural and religious norms from a gendered perspective, creating space for partnerships with religious institutions such as Rabita Mohammedia des Oulémas He has spearheaded work on engaging men and boys as agents of change in the region, including through issuing a report on masculinities - the first of its kind in the Arab World. Naciri is a supporter of the arts. He has been supporting young and up and coming artists from the Arab world.
