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Jemimah Njuki

Jemimah Njuki

Chief, Economic Empowerment, UN Women

Dr Jemimah Njuki, Chief of the Economic Empowerment section at UN Women, is a globally recognized leader in gender equality and women’s empowerment. She manages UN Women’s work on jobs and entrepreneurship, transforming care systems, gender responsive climate action, macro-economics and financing for gender equality. Her impactful career spans over 20 years, during which she played a pivotal role in the UN Food Systems Summit as Custodian for Gender Equality, establishing the Coalition to Make Food Systems Work for Women and Girls and spearheading the Global Food 5050, an essential accountability tool for organizations engaged in global food systems.

Articles by Jemimah Njuki

  1. Improving women’s access to decent jobs

    Jemimah Njuki, Anna Gollub

    Gender — Global

    Laws and treaties prohibiting gender discrimination have failed to alter the stark fact that, globally, women are still paid significantly less than men for the same work. Achieving gender equality in the workplace requires a transformation – of attitudes, economic structures, and opportunities – to enable women’s economic empowerment

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