Andrea Llerena
Regional Statistics Advisor, UN-Women, Americas and the Caribbean Regional Office
Andrea Llerena is the Regional Statistics Advisor at UN Women's Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. In this role, she leads the regional work on gender statistics, including the flagship Women Count programme in the region.
She has coordinated initiatives to strengthen statistical capacities, foster regional cooperation, and promote the strategic use of evidence in the design and evaluation of public policies. She has also led research projects in Economics, Econometrics, and public policy, consistently incorporating a gender perspective.
Her trajectory includes collaboration with United Nations agencies, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank, as well as teaching at the regional level. She holds a Master's degree in Econometrics, a Master's degree in Economics, and is a PhD candidate in Economics.