Ms. Pozzan is currently the Senior Regional Specialist on Gender Equality, at the International Labour Organization. Emanuela has 15 years of international experience working in the Middle East, Africa and Asia on issues related to social development, gender equality, reproductive health, women workers’ rights, non-discrimination at work, disability and labour migration. Currently based in Beirut at the ILO Regional Office for Arab States, she runs a portfolio of projects in support to ILO constituents on issues related to gender equality and diversity in the workplace.

Emanuela has a MSc in Development studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies. She has extensively contributed to research conducted by the ILO in the area of domestic work and women’s rights in the Middle East and North Africa.