Svenja Korth

Svenja (German national) has been working for the United Nations since 1989. She started her career with UNDP and UNFPA. She has worked in the field offices in Namibia, Equatorial Guinea, Suriname and Nicaragua. In 1998, Svenja came to Turin and joined the International Training Centre of the ILO and in 2001 the UN System Staff College (UNSSC). Currently she leads the Peace, Security and Humanitarian Action Team, which focuses on building partnerships for prevention by leveraging internal and external expertise to enable the UN and its partners to translate the sustaining peace concept into operational outcomes. Svenja holds a MA Degree in Applied Anthropology (focus on International Development) from The American University, Washington, DC and a BA Degree in Swahili and Anthropology from The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.