Yasmin Ali Haque

Yasmin Ali Haque is a human rights activist and the UNICEF country representative to India.

Early life Haque graduated from Dhaka Medical College and did a masters in health system management from the University of London.

Career In 1996, Haque joined UNICEF Bangladesh.

Haque served as the Deputy UNICEF representative in Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2013. She had been serving as the Deputy Director of Emergency Programmes based at the UNICEF Headquarters in New York City. She is a founding member of the Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit.

Haque said that India was making improvements in healthcare in 2018. She said more girls than boys die during early childhood in India.

In June 2021, Haque launched Young Warrior Movement to encourage young people to participate in the recovery of India from COVID-19 pandemic. She talked about the detrimental effect of the pandemic on education in India. She called on the Indian government to take action against child labor. She described climate change as a children's right issue.