Tacko Ndiaye has over 27 years of experience of empowering women and promoting gender equality, with a focus on agrifood systems, poverty reduction, trade and climate change. She is the Gender Team Leader in the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division of FAO. Before joining the FAO almost 10 years ago, she worked with UN Women for 10 years as Policy Advisor on Sustainable Development and Women’s Economic Empowerment, and for four years with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa as Economic Affairs Officer.