LEE Ahjung is a governance and gender specialist with 17 years of global work experience with the United Nations. Between 2009 and 2022, she worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) offices in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Republic of Korea, focusing on governance, human rights, and gender issues. In November 2022, she joined UN Women to concentrate her efforts on gender equality and women’s empowerment. As the External Relations Specialist at the UN Women Knowledge & Partnerships Centre in the Republic of Korea, she currently spearheads partnerships and programme development in the area of women’s economic empowerment, private sector partnership, women, peace & security, as well as communications. She has a Master of Science degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, Canada.