Last updated 30/04/2009

UNESCO’s Gender Focal Points

Headquarters (Paris)

Gender Focal Points

Africa Department

(AFR) /
Ms Ana Elisa Santana Afonso
(AFR/CPI)
Africa Department
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 04 96
Fax: (33 1) 45 68 55
Communication Sector
(CI) / Ms Iskra Panevska
(CI/COM/MCP)
Media for Social Participation Section
Communication Development Division
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 40 25
Fax: (33 1) 45 68 55 79

Ms. Krishanthi Rondon-Fuentes
(CI/EO/AO)
Communication and Information Sector
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 42 34
Fax : (33 1) 45 68 55 77

Culture Sector
(CLT) / Assistant Director General for Culture Office (ADG/CLT)
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 43 75
Fax: (33 1) 45 68 55 91
Education Sector
(ED) / Ms Lene Buchert
(ED/BAS/IQE)
Head of Section Primary Education
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 08 26
Fax : (33-1) 45 68 56 27

Seconded by:
Ms Florence Migeon
(ED/BAS/RVE)
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 11 73
Fax : (33 1) 45 68 56 27

Ms. Namtip Aksornkool
ED/BAS/RVE
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 11 32
Fax : (33-1) 45 68 56 26

Science Sector / Ms. Anathéa Brooks
(SC/EO/UCE)
SC Coordination and Evalution Unit
Phone : (33-1) 45 68 41 28

Ms Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa
(SC/HYD/SWR)
Division of Water Sciences
Section for Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 40
Ms. Ana Persic
(SC/EES/BCB)
Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences
Biosphere networks and Capacity-Building Section
Phone : (33-1) 45 68 40 47

Mr Ehrlich Desa
(SC/IOC/CBS)
Secretariat of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Capacity-Building Section
Phone : (33-1) 45 68 40 16

Ms Rovani Sigamoney
(SC/BES)
Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences
Phone : (33-1 45 68 39 32

Ms Diana Malpede
(SC/PSD)
Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development
Phone : (33-1) 45 68 41 49

External relations / Ms Reem Saleh (ERC/RSC/NAC)
Division of Relations with International Organizations
National Commissions Section
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 13 81
Fax: (33 1) 45 68 55 40

Internal Oversight Service
(IOS) / M Amir Piric
DIR IOS/EVS
Phone: (33 1) 45 68 12 18
Fax: (33 1) 45 68 55 22

Office of the
Director General
(ODG) / Ms Krista Pikkat
ODG/DIR
Phone : (33 1) 45 68 18 96
Fax : (33-1) 01 45 68 56 76

Human Resources Management / Ms. Guadalupe Ramos
HRM/RCS (Recruitment and Classification Section)
Senior Recruitment and Staffing Officer
Phone : (33-1) 01.45.68.24.59
Fax : (33-1) 01.45.68.56.68

Last updated 04/09/2008

Gender Focal Points in UNESCO’s Field Offices and Institutes

Gender Focal Points
UNESCO Institute for Statistics / Mr Saïd Belkachla
Programme Specialist
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Canada (UIS/EIDA/REG2)
Phone : +1 514 3437692
Fax: +1 514 343 5740

UNESCO Institute for Education / Ms Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo
Senior Research Specialist
Tel: 49 40 44 80 41 25

UNESCO Addis Ababa / Ms Wafa Neguede El-Fadli (until confirmation)
Phone: (251-1) 51 39 53
Fax: (251-1) 51 14 14
/
UNESCO Abuja / Mrs Iyabo FagbuluNational Profesional Officer
Girls' Education; ICTs and Education ; Teacher Training and Education
Plot 777, Bouake Street,
Off Herbert Macculay Way,
Wuse Zone 6Abuja – Nigeria
Tel: (234 9) 4616536
Fax: (234-9) 4618510
e-mail: /
UNESCO Almaty / Ms Inna Melnikova
Education Specialist
UNESCO Cluster Office for Central Asia
Almaty,
Kazakhstan
Phone : 7 (3272) 582637 / 582643
Fax : 7 (3272) 794853


UNESCO Apia / Ms Susan Vize
Programme Specialist
Phone: (685) 242 76
Fax: (685) 222 53

UNESCO Bangkok / Maki Hayashikawa
Mita Guputa
UNESCO Bangkok
920 Sukhumvit Road
Bangkok 10110
Thailand
Tel : (66-2) 3910577
Fax : 662 391 0866


UNESCO Beijing / Ms Su Zhang
Social and Human Sciences Programme assistant
Waijiaogongyu 5-15-3, Jianguomenwai Compound
Beijing 100600
China
Phone: (86-10) 65 32 76 84
Fax: (86-10) 65 32 48 54

UNESCO Beirut / Ms. Theophania Chavatzia
UNESCO Office - Lebanon
Phone : (96 11) 85 00 13
Fax : (9611) 82 48 54

UNESCO Brasilia / Ms Michelle G. de Morais (temporary nomination)
Assistant to the Education Sector Coordinator
Tel: 55 61 226 4030
Fax: 55 61 322 4261

UNESCO Brazzaville / Ms Carole Goma Makaya
134, Bd Lyautey (CHU)
Brazzaville
Congo
Tel: (242) 81 18 29 / 66 81 16
Fax: (242) 81 17 80
e-mail: /
UNESCO Dakar (BREDA) / Ms Carrie Marias
Regional Adviser for Social and Human Sciences

Deputy Gender Focal Point, Martina Simeti

12, avenue L. S. Senghor
Dakar
Senegal
Tel : +221338 49 23 15
UNESCO Bucharest / Ms Laura Grünberg
Programme Assistant
39, Stirbei Voda Street
70732 Bucharest
Romania
Phone : 40 21 313 08 39
Fax : 40 21 312 35 67

UNESCO Bujumbura / Ms Yvonne MATUTURU
PBP 1490
BUJUMBURA
Burundi
Phone: 257 215 382/84
Fax : 257 215 383

UNESCO Dhaka / Mr Abdur Rafique
National Programme Officer
House no. 68 (3rd floor), Road no. 1, Block I, Banani
G.P.O. Box 57Dhaka 1213
Bangladesh
Phone: +880- 2 987 3210 & 986 2073
Fax: +880-2 987 1150

UNESCO Doha / Ms Gilane ELGEWELY
57, Al-Jazira Al-Arabia Street
P.O. Box N° 3945
Doha
Phone: +974 4113290
Fax: +974 411 3015

UNESCO Guatemala / Mr Pablo Marambio
Edificio ETISA N. 7 A, Ta. Avenida y Calle 12, Zona 9, Plaza España
01109Ciudad de Guatemala
Guatemala
Phone:
Fax:

UNESCO Haiti / Ms Geneviève DALLEMAND-PIERRE
UNESCO HAITI
19, Delmas 60
Musseau par Bourdon
Haïti
Tel : 509 511 0460
Fax: 509 527 8158

UNESCO Hamburg / Ms. Mendel-Anonuevo Carolyn
UNESCO INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING
Feldbrunnenstrasse 58
20148 Hamburg
Germany
Phone : +49 40 44804125

UNESCO Hanoï / Mr Eisuke TAJIMA
23 Cao Ba Quat Street
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Tel : 84 4 747 0275/6, ext.21
Fax : 84 4 747 0274
E-mail:
UNESCO Harare / Ms Mulekeni Ngulube
Programme Specialist
UNESCO Harare
P.O Box HG435
Highlands
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Telephone: 263 4 776776/9
Fax : 263-4 776 055
Email :
Fridah Muyale-Manenji
Office of the Director and Representative
Telephone: 263 4 776775
Mobile: 263 91 233212
Email :
UNESCO Havana / Ms Gilda Betancourt Roa
Calle Calzada N° 551 esquina a D. El Vedado
Apartado Postal 4158
La Habana - Cuba
Phone: 537 8322840
Fax: 537 333144

UNESCO Iran / Mr. Qunli HAN
Director & Representative
UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office for
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkmenistan
Bahman Building, Saadabad Complex
Darband Squuare, Tehran 19894, Iran
Phone : +98 21 22751315 (ext 102)
Fax: +98 21 2275 1318
Email:

UNESCO Islamabad

/ Mr Hassan Keynan
UNESCO Office Islamabad
1st Floor, Saudi Pak Tower
Blue Area, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
Phone: +92-51-280-0080 / 83/84
Fax: +92-51-280-0056

UNESCO Jakarta / Ms Wati Hermawati
Gender Coordinator
UNESCO Office Jakarta
Jl. Galuh II No. 5 Kebayoran Baru 12110
Tel : 62 21 739 9818 ext 816
Fax : 62 21 7279 6489
E-mail : ;
UNESCO Kabul / Ms Marina Patrier
Education Programme Specialist
UNESCO Office in Kabul
House# 1143, Shirpoor, Central Square, Kabul, Afghanistan
Tel : +93 700 283008
Fax: +837 763 468 836
E-mail:
UNESCO Kathmandu / Koto Kanno
Head of Office
Bansbari, Ring Road
GPO Box 14391
Kathmandu
Nepal
Phone : 977-1-374009
Fax: 977 – 1 –373004

UNESCO Kinshasa / Mle Philomène Matondo
UNESCO Kinshasa
2, Avenue des Ambassadeurs, Commune de la Gombe Kinshasa – Rep. Dem. Congo
Phone : +234 818848 253
Fax :+243 999 975 361

UNESCO Maputo / Ms Ms. Sanna Viitanen
UNESCO-Maputo
515, Av. Frederick Engels
1397 Maputo - Moçambique
Tel: +258-1-49.44.50/049.45.03
Fax: +258-1-19.34.31

UNESCO Montevideo
ROSTLAC / Ms Maria Paz Echeverriarza
Edificio MERCOSUR
Parque Hotel
Luis Piera 1992, 2° Piso
Montevideo
Uruguay
Phone: 598 2 413 2075
Fax: 598 2 413 2094

UNESCO Mexico / Ms Eider de Gana Romero
Tel.(+52 55) 52 30 76 00
Fax (+52 55)52 30 76 02

UNESCO Nairobi / Ms Alice Ochanda
UNESCO Nairobi Office
P.O. Box 30592
Nairobi - Kenya
Tel : 254 2 622086
Fax: 254 2 622750

UNESCO New Delhi / Dr Huma Masood
National Programme Officer
UNESCO
B-5/29, Safdarjung Enclave
New Delhi 110 029
Tel : 91-11 671 3000
Fax 91 - 11 671 3001

UNESCO Phnom Penh
UNESCO Ramallah
UNESCO Santiago / Ms Maria Luisa Jauregui
Enrique Delpiano 2058,
Santiago de Chile
Chile
Tel : 56-2 655 1050
Fax : 56-2 655 1046/47

UNESCO Tashkent / Mr Muhayyo Makhmudova
Culture programme specialist95, Amir Temur Str
Tashkent
UzbekistánPhone: (998-71) 233 80 10
Fax: (998-71) 235 91 82

UNESCO Venice / Ms Iulia Nechifor
Consultant
Castello 4930
Venice 30122
Italy
Phone: (39) 041 2601516
Fax: (39) 041 5289995

UNESCO Windhoek / Ms Alcina Ndjavera
Oppenheimer House, 5 Brahms Street, Windhoek West
Windhoek
Namibia
Phone: +(264 61 2917209
Fax: (264 61) 291
UNESCO Yaounde / Mlle Abomo Mbia Céline
Immeuble Stamatiades, 2e étage
Yaoundé
Cameroun
Phone : (237) 22 257 63
Fax: (237) 22 263 89

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