Azita Berar Awad

Director of Employment Policy, International Labor Organization

Azita Berar Awad is the Director of the Employment Policy Department of the ILO. One of her recent achievements include the design and launch of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth in 2016. She is currently the Chair of the Global Initiative which brings together into a unique coalition 22 UN entities, governments, private sector, social partners, academia, youth organizations and other development partners to scale up action and impact to address the global challenge of youth employment, in support of the 2030 SDG agenda. Before her current position, she was the Director of the National Policy Group in the Policy Integration Department of ILO (2002-2006). She has led numerous high level inter-disciplinary missions, is a member of several management and advisory Boards active in development and social and economic policy-making. She is the author of numerous publications in the areas of employment policy, youth employment, informal economy, poverty reduction, gender in development, social development funds and labour market integration of refugees.
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