Jessamyn Encarnacion

Biography

Jessamyn Encarnacion is the Inter-Regional Advisor on Gender Statistics of UN Women’s global gender data programme, Women Count. She manages global projects of the programme including the development of UN Women's first flagship report on the assessment of countries’ gender data and capacity; integration of gender perspective in the NSDS; production and use of disaggregated gender statistics; and UN Women’s data needs response during crises.

Jessa started her career as a government statistician: rising from the ranks from an understudy in the gender statistics sector in 1997 to Director of the Social Statistics Office starting in 2009 of the Philippines National Statistical Coordination Board. She capped her national portfolio as interim Assistant National Statistician of the Philippine Statistics Authority in 2014-15.

She served as temporary Regional Advisor on Statistics of UNESCAP and worked as a consultant and lecturer on disparity analysis and data use and communication at the UNSIAP.