Anna Falth

Anna Fälth is the Manager of EmpowerWomen.org, UN Women’s community-driven global online platform that promotes collaboration, learning and innovation to advance women’s economic empowerment in over 190 economies. Anna manages the Secretariat of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, the UN Women/UN Global Compact guidelines to help the private sector focus on promoting gender equality in the workplace, marketplace and community. She is also developing a virtual skills school, We Learn, that will tackle some of the skills gaps faced by women and girls across the globe. An economist, Anna has more than 20 years of experience as advisor within the UN system, including UNCTAD, UN-DESA, UNDP and UN Women. She has a Masters in Economics from Lund University, Sweden, and a Masters in Law and Economic from Hamburg University, Germany