Lydia Ruprecht is Team leader for Global Citizenship Education (GCED) within UNESCO's Section for Global Citizenship and Peace Education, based in Headquarters, Pars, France. Lydia has over twenty-five years of experience in international development, promoting the advancement of gender equality through education, culture, communication and the sciences. Since 2014 , she is Team Leader for Global Citizenship Education within the Education Sector, addressing a variety of issues such as the prevention of violent extremism through education, social and emotional learning, human rights education and intersections between education and culture. She has been providing policy guidance and technical support to a diversity of national, regional and international actors including specialized institutions, non-governmental organizations, research consortiums, advocacy groups, education policy makers and professionals. Lydia holds an undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Montreal (Canada), a Maîtrise in Political science and International relations and a Diplôme d'études approfondies in Political Sociology from Université Pars I - Sorbonne (France).