Nafis Sadik, a champion of women's health and rights around the world, dies at 92

Nafis Sadik is shown May 5, 1997, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Beatrix Stampfli /AP)

UNITED NATIONS — Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani doctor who championed women's health and rights and spearheaded the breakthrough action plan adopted by 179 countries at the 1994 U.N. population conference, died five days before her 93rd birthday, her son said late Monday.

Omar Sadik said his mother died of natural causes at her home in New York on Sunday night.