The Minister of Worldwide Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, has congratulated Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng following her appointment to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
SA ladies’s rights & sexual & reproductive well being specialist Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng has been confirmed as Particular Rapporteur on the Proper of Everybody to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Commonplace of Bodily and Psychological Well being… by the Human Rights Council in Geneva#sabcnews
— Sherwin Bryce-Pease (@sherwiebp) July 17, 2020
Dr Mofokeng is a Commissioner on the Fee for Gender Equality.
An announcement issued by Pandor’s workplace on Monday highlights Dr Tlaleng’s stable work historical past.
” She labored as a medical director at a personal apply (DISA Clinic) and as an unbiased medical marketing consultant. She additionally labored as a senior medical officer on the Gauteng Division of Well being. She was beforehand an advisor to the Technical Committee for the Nationwide Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Well being and Rights Framework Technique in South Africa,” learn the assertion.
In accordance with the assertion, Dr Tlaleng has prior to now labored with UN initiatives.
“She has collaborated with the United Nations Inhabitants Fund (UNFPA), the Envoy of the Secretary-Normal on Youth, the Impartial Knowledgeable on the enjoyment of human rights by individuals with albinism and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on health-related human rights issues in South Africa,” added the assertion.
Minister Pandor wished Dr Mofokeng nicely in her new place and supplied South Africa’s assist to her function as Particular Rapporteur for the UNHRC.
United Nations Particular Rapporteur on the Proper to Well being: Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Qwa-Qwa, RSA.
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— Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng (@drtlaleng) July 17, 2020
Under is the complete assertion:
