Maimunah's message to the young school girls who visited her at her UN-Habitat office in Nairobi: education will empower you. Photo: Maimunah Mohd Sharif
If there is one quality that defines Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif – the newly elected head of UN-Habitat – it is her determination to make a positive, tangible difference in people’s lives.
The former president of the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (2011-2017) and until recently mayor of Penang Island City Council says she was always vocal about all the ways that she believed the UN could change things, and now she is in the position to “walk the talk”.
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