Sana Jelassi is a senior expert on gender and youth and is based in Tunisia. She is interested in creative, transformative processes and reforms that are supportive of gender equality, youth empowerment, and entrepreneurship. She is a senior adviser to Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development thought centre on gender and youth. She worked for close to 30 years on gender equality, youth, protection, and development management, including in post conflict settings and protracted crises, in the Middle East and North Africa. The experience was gained in various managerial and technical positions working with civil society, public administration, and the United Nations. She holds a Medical Doctorate with a speciality in Psychiatry from the Faculty of Medicine in Tunis and two Masters of Science in Development Management and Systems Thinking from the Open University.