Valeria Esquivel is an internationally recognized feminist economist from Argentina, with an extensive track-record of publications on gender-responsive macroeconomic, employment and labour market policies. Her contributions about the care economy and transformative care policies have been particularly influential. She has worked at the United Nations in Geneva since 2014 and is with the International Labour Organization since 2016, from where
she leads the design and implementation of gender-responsive employment policies. She also coordinates the UN Women-ILO Joint Program "Promoting decent employment for women through inclusive growth policies and
investments in care". She has worked incessantly to support governments in responding to the COVID-19 crisis and in addressing the current economic challenges focusing on creating decent employment opportunities for women,
including through investments in care services.