Beyond Storms and Stars - A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789814954242)

How did a young girl who rose from underprivileged circumstances in post-war Singapore become a trailblazer of women's global leadership at the United Nations? Noeleen Heyzer was the first woman from outside North America to be appointed as Executive Director of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the first woman Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). In these memoirs, Noeleen Heyzer reflects on her remarkable journey -- from the challenges of her childhood and youth, her intellectual development at the University of Singapore and the University of Cambridge, to her groundbreaking work on women's empowerment and her meteoric rise to the position of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. It is a book that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the courage of individuals, communities, and societies to transform structures of discrimination and injustice.

Author: Noeleen Heyzer
ISBN-10: 9814954241
ISBN-13: 9789814954242
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 07/13/2021
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.37w x 0.56d