Dr. Maryam Farzangen, RIP - "Focused on Equitable Basic Services for the Most Underserved and Marginalized Children": Paula Claycomb
Dr. Maryam Farzanegan, former UNICEF staff member, died tragically on Saturday, 2 September, in the Los Angeles area. Her car was struck by a driver “under the influence” as we say euphemistically in the US instead of “drunk driver”. She was taken immediately to the hospital but died of her injuries.
Maryam worked with UNICEF for almost two decades in New York, ESARO and EAPRO and spent a few years at the Innocenti Research Centre in Florence. She attended the ex-UNICEF-ers gathering in Mexico in 2017 and had hoped to participate in this year’s get-together in Toronto. Instead, she travelled to Taos, New Mexico, for the 50th anniversary celebration of me and my husband,Mark Jackson. She traveled with her friend Roshan Aflaki. Below are a couple photos of Maryam and other UNICEF and UN colleagues.
At the time of her death, Maryam was Clinical Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. She taught a popular course for many years on children’s rights, focusing on policy for ensuring equitable basic services for the most underserved and marginalized children. Her family would love to hear from UNICEF colleagues who knew her and / or who lectured at her course.
Maryam was passionate about her home country, Iran, and always held out hope that its political governance would transform into a just system. Maryam’s brother and my sister died from cancer on the same day in 2010, so we shared the loss of a sibling in a special way.
For more information, please be in touch Roshanak Aflaki at 1-424-466-9832 or roshanakaflaki@yahoo.com.
Paula Claycomb
pmfclay@yahoo.com
Maryam worked with UNICEF for almost two decades in New York, ESARO and EAPRO and spent a few years at the Innocenti Research Centre in Florence. She attended the ex-UNICEF-ers gathering in Mexico in 2017 and had hoped to participate in this year’s get-together in Toronto. Instead, she travelled to Taos, New Mexico, for the 50th anniversary celebration of me and my husband,Mark Jackson. She traveled with her friend Roshan Aflaki. Below are a couple photos of Maryam and other UNICEF and UN colleagues.
At the time of her death, Maryam was Clinical Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine. She taught a popular course for many years on children’s rights, focusing on policy for ensuring equitable basic services for the most underserved and marginalized children. Her family would love to hear from UNICEF colleagues who knew her and / or who lectured at her course.
Maryam was passionate about her home country, Iran, and always held out hope that its political governance would transform into a just system. Maryam’s brother and my sister died from cancer on the same day in 2010, so we shared the loss of a sibling in a special way.
For more information, please be in touch Roshanak Aflaki at 1-424-466-9832 or roshanakaflaki@yahoo.com.
Paula Claycomb
pmfclay@yahoo.com
Thank you for doing this, dear Paula. So important to memorialize our dear friend and colleague together with our XUNICEF family.
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Paula, Really lovely homage to our friend and colleague. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to add my own personal condolences to the family of our late colleague Maryam, as well as to all her friends and co-workers who were fortunate to have dealt with her. A true UNICEF staffer of the kind we all admire she personified the selfless and tireless worker for the betterment of humankind, especially children. My own collaborations with her were few and far between, but I quickly learned the positive aspects of her personality and her devotion to her profession. We also met at one or more XUNICEF reunions and she was always cheerful and considerate.
May she rest in Peace.