Ieva Keskine is a social development specialist who has been working in the UN system and with multi-lateral banks for more than a decade. Her work focuses on principle of 'leaving no one behind' and aims to provide integrated policy solutions for sustainable development. Ieva currently works at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), focusing on gender equality, disability inclusion and intersectionality. Additionally, she supports the World Bank's Social Development portfolio in Europe and Central Asia. Prior to her current assignment, Ieva worked more than five years in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), where she supported portfolios on social inclusion, employment, social protection, migration, inequalities and poverty reduction. Ieva holds a master's degree in International and EU Law, and a LL.M degree in Human Rights. She has been a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School in New York City.