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Jessa Encarnacion
Jessamyn Encarnacion

Jessamyn Encarnacion is the Inter-Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics of UN Women’s global gender data programme, Women Count. She manages global projects on disaggregated gender statistics, including the rapid gender assessments on the socioeconomic impact of and violence against women during COVID-19. Prior to joining UN Women, she worked for 18 plus years with the Philippines National Statistical Coordination Board leading social statistics.

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Jessamyn Encarnacion at the International Meeting on Gender Statistics, Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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