Hiromi Amano, Youth Engagement Analyst, UNDP Representation Office in Tokyo

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Since 2021, Hiromi is in charge of youth engagement, social innovation activities and Youth Co:Lab in Japan.

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She previously served at UNHCR Geneva and UNDP field offices in Darfur, Sudan, advancing meaningful youth engagement and overseeing peacebuilding and community livelihoods projects. From 2007 to 2011, she worked in Jordan as a JICA Volunteer (Youth Activities) and later as Advisor/Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Japan in Qatar. Hiromi holds an BA in Humanities from Seikei University in Japan, MA in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights from the University of Essex, UK, and an MBA in Sustainable Business from Business School Lausanne, Switzerland.