Emanuela Pozzan

Ms. Emanuela Pozzan is a Senior Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Specialist at the International Labour Organization (ILO) Gender, Equality and Diversity /ILOAIDS Branch in the WORKQUALITY Department. 

Ms. Pozzan has over 20 years of experience working in the Middle East, Africa and Asia on gender equality and non-discrimination in the world of work. Her educational background includes a degree in Middle Eastern Studies and a Master of Science in Development Studies at SOAS with focus on gender equality and forced migration. Her career included serving for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NGOs, UNFPA and the ILO. She is now working in the Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Branch at the ILO HQ in the capacity of Senior Gender Equality and Non - Discrimination Specialist. She coordinates a portfolio of initiatives in the area of access to work for women, care economy, pay equity and violence and harassment in the world of work. She co-manages the Secretariat of the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC).