Amina J Mohammed

Amina J Mohammed

Amina Mohammed is United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special adviser on post-2015 development planning. Mohammed was previously senior special assistant to the Nigerian president on the Millennium Development Goals, coordinating $1 billion in debt relief funds to meet the MDGs in the country. From 2002-2005, she served as coordinator of the Task Force on Gender and Education for the U.N. Millennium Project.

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Invest in Every Woman Every Child to save a generation within a generation

Invest in Every Woman Every Child to save a generation within a generation

over 10 years ago // Focus On: Global Health

Women, children and adolescents are the most powerful drivers of the transformative changes required by the new development agenda — and they require renewed political commitment and robust leadership, backed up with concrete action and financing at all levels and from all stakeholders, Amina Mohammed writes in this guest commentary.

Ending poverty through sustainable development and leaving no one behind

Ending poverty through sustainable development and leaving no one behind

over 11 years ago // NY #GlobalDev Week

Smart political and financial investments are needed if we want to keep the momentum on achieving the Millennium Development Goals as the 2015 deadline approaches. A guest opinion by the executive director of Oxfam International and the U.N. secretary-general's special adviser on post-2015 development planning.