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Koto Kanno was born in 1951.
She earned a Bachelor of Sociology from Jochi (Sophia) University, Japan, and a Master’s in Sociology from the University of Toronto. Kanno began as a researcher at Jochi University and at Hitotsubashi University, where she carried out sociological field research projects.
In 1982, Kanno joined UNESCO, where she would spend her decades-long career. She started as an associate expert, then as an assistant program specialist for social and human sciences for Asia and the Pacific, later transferring to the Bureau of Extrabudgetary Relations at the headquarters in France. She was then placed in the education sector as a program specialist and desk officer, and in 2003, appointed head of office in Kathmandu and representative to Nepal.
Kanno has several publications focusing on the fields of social change, gender and development cooperation, and has delivered several lectures on issues of gender equality.
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.