Elizabeth Eggerts has been working as a gender specialist for the UN-REDD Programme since 2014, supporting UN-REDD partner countries in integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment principles into their national REDD+ action. Prior to this, she has worked as a gender and climate finance specialist for the UNDP Gender Team in New York as well as in the private sector formulating and drafting environmental and social impact assessments and at the grassroots level, helping empower and build capacities of women to overcome homelessness. She holds a Masters degree in Sustainable International Development.