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Mar 9, 2015

Jordanian Ambassador to the United Nations Dina Kawar (R) Speaks with British Ambassador to the U.N. Mark Layall Grant before the Security Council voted in favor of a resolution demanding the Houthi militia's withdrawal from Yemeni government institutions, during a meeting of the Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York, February 15, 2015. The United Nations Security Council on Sunday demanded Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen withdraw from government institutions, called for an end to foreign inte — Jordanian Ambassador to the United Nations Dina Kawar (R) speaks with British Ambassador Mark Layall Grant during a meeting of the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, Feb. 15, 2015. — REUTERS/Mike Segar

For Dina Kawar, being the permanent representative of Jordan to the United Nations means turning words into action.

A longtime supporter of women’s rights, Kawar was handpicked by Jordan’s King Abdullah II. She said, “When His Majesty became king, he wanted me [to join the foreign service]. That’s when he said he would like to have more women in the service, so he asked me to put words in practice and that’s how it all happened.”

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