Princess Sarah is a global health advocate whose work focuses on maternal and newborn health. She has worked in the
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and served as the Desk Officer for Iraq in the Office of Emergency Programmes at
UNICEF. She has been a contributor to
Peace TV. She is a
steering committee member of the Every Newborn Action Plan and partners with
PATH to promote the recommendations made by the
United Nations Commission for Lifesaving Commodities for Women and Children. She is a patron of the
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and an advisory board member for the Women's Rights Division at
Human Rights Watch. which, as the EWEC Strategy and Global Goals are implemented, focuses on the prioritization of and innovation for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in humanitarian and fragile settings. She is a board member of the
Women's Refugee Commission and a member of the
UNHCR Advisory Group on Gender, Forced Displacement and Protection. In September 2013 she gave a speech at the Every Woman Every Child reception at the
UN General Assembly, highlighting the work of
Colalife. Princess Sarah participated in a panel discussion hosted by the
United Nations Foundation and
McCann at the 2015 Lions Health Festival in
Cannes. She also visited hospitals in
Nadi and
Lautoka while on a trip to
Fiji on behalf of EWEC. During her tour of Fiji, she addressed the Pacific Technical Experts and Ministerial Consultation on Strengthening Climate Change through Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the
Sofitel Resort and Spa in Nadi. In October 2015 she promoted the adoption of the 2030 Global Goals, a sustainable development agenda by the United Nations. In October 2016 Princess Sarah visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a
Goodwill ambassador of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to honor the victims of the 1994
Rwandan genocide against the
Tutsi. Afterward, she visited the
Burundian refugee camp in
Mahama,
Kirehe District, and gave a speech. Following her visit, she was part of a consultation between the government of Rwanda and the UNHCR regarding the status of Burundian refugees. In September 2017, Princess Sarah was the keynote speaker at an event hosted by the
Human Rights Council in
Geneva that focused on the provision of sexual reproductive health services in conflict and post-conflict situations. She spoke of her role as the lead for the humanitarian work-stream of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents’ Health and how to empower women and children. In November 2017 she delivered the keynote at
Nutrition: Cornerstone of Gender Equality, a conference in
Ottawa, Canada on nutrition's role in achieving gender equality. In her keynote speech, she acknowledged how the implementation of the Feminist International Assistance Policy has contributed to Canada's position on the national stage regarding women's and girl's rights. During her Canadian visit, she also attended a parliamentary gathering hosted by
Pam Damoff, organized with Results Canada and
Nutrition International. On 4 December 2017, Princess Sarah did a two-day tour in
Juba,
South Sudan. While in Juba she visited several refugee camps, an orphanage of the NGO
Children out of Conflict, and the
Protection of Civilians Site 3, a site for internationally displaced people. , in
Kalemie, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018. In 2018 Princess Sarah became a program ambassador for
Women Deliver, a global advocacy group. In June 2018 Princess Sarah conducted a three-day visit to
Burundi where she met with the
First Lady of Burundi, top government officials, and partners with the
World Food Programme. == Personal life and views ==