Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Patron, UNFPA and Maternity Worldwide

She serves as patron of several international organisations and agencies in the social, health and humanitarian field including among others, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe; and for Danish NGO’s, the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), Maternity Worldwide and LOKK – National Association of Women’s Shelters.

In her capacity as patron of UNFPA and Maternity Worldwide, Crown Princess Mary is active in working to create awareness on global maternal health and child mortality issues and women’s reproductive rights, including access to family planning.

She has travelled with NGO’s and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on various visits to countries greatly challenged by these issues.

In 2007 Crown Princess Mary founded The Mary Foundation with the mission of fighting social isolation, based on the belief that “everyone has the right to belong”. Under her leadership, the foundation brings together untraditional key partners to develop and n projects in Denmark that create opportunities and empower children, adults and families who find themselves socially isolated or excluded from society. The foundation’s focus areas include: domestic violence, bullying and wellbeing, and loneliness.

Crown Princess Mary was selected as a Young Global Leader in 2012 by the World Economic Forum.

She is a frequent speaker at international conferences and an honorary member of various other associations and societies.

Crown Princess Mary holds a double degree in law and commerce from the University of Tasmania and has worked in several management positions in the advertising communication industry in Australia.

She is also a lieutenant in the Danish Homeguard.