Simonetta Cavazza is the Gender Co-ordinator at the International Training Centre of the ILO. She holds an advanced humanities degree and came to the Centre with a background in training methodology and information management. She has worked on women's empowerment and gender equality issues since 1990.

In the UN system, she has become an expert on systems design for gender mainstreaming and on training in gender issues, women's promotion and equal opportunities.

Her preferred subjects are human rights, poverty eradication, local development, vocational training, information management and on-line learning.

She manages the very active team of the Gender Coordination Unit, facilitates the ITC-ILO network of gender focal points, and oversees the Unit's training and learning projects.