Jessamyn Encarnacion

Inter-Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics, UN Women

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.

Articles by Jessamyn Encarnacion

1. Data on gender: seeing the true picture

   Papa Alioune B. Seck, Jessamyn Encarnacion, Rea Jean Tabaco, Ramya Emandi

   Gender — Global

   We will only fully understand the inequality experienced by women, girls, and other vulnerable groups if we collect the data. Despite recent progress, much of the gender-disaggregated data needed is still missing

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   6 March 2023

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