Nicolas Schmidt

Nicolas Schmidt is Gender Associate in the Office for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). He focuses on fostering enabling and inclusive working environments and empowering women through industry, and is passionate about transforming social norms and engaging men in making gender equality a lived reality.

At UNIDO, he has previously worked on ensuring sustainable livelihoods for refugees, IDPs and host communities, and mainstreaming gender equality specifically throughout development projects in the field of agri-business. Before joining UNIDO, he worked on youth participation in parliaments for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and on the Universal Periodic Review of the UN Human Rights Council for the Geneva-based NGO UPR Info. Nicolas holds a MES in European Studies from the Free and Technical Universities of Berlin and a BA in International Relations from the University of Geneva.