Officer in Charge

From June 2024, Marwa Alameldeen has been serving as OIC, UN Women Egypt. Since December 2023, she has been serving as Head of Programmes a.i. in Egypt Office. Prior to that, she was with the UN Resident Coordinator system, where she worked at both country and HQ level on inter-agency coordination, partnerships and development finance.

Marwa has over 15 years of professional experience in sustainable development and gender equality, with a focus on strategic partnerships, and programme design and management. She led the design and implementation of various regional and country-level programmes in the fields of democratic governance, human rights and gender equality in the Middle East and North Africa region. Before joining the UN, Marwa was Regional Programme Manager - Democratic Governance at the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and before that with the UK Foreign Office and USAID in Egypt.

Marwa holds a degree in Global Affairs from the American University in Cairo and BA in International Business from the University of New Brunswick in Canada.