Åsa Regnér

Åsa Regnér

Åsa Regnér is Deputy Director-General of UNESCO. She has held senior leadership positions across the Swedish government, non-governmental organisations and the United Nations system.

Most recently she served as Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children Sweden (2023–2026), and before that as Deputy Executive Director of UN Women (2018–2023). From 2014 to 2018 she was Sweden’s Minister for Children, the Elderly and Gender Equality, where she focused on gender equality and the prevention of violence against women.

Earlier in her career she was Director of Planning at the Ministry of Justice and Political Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office. She holds a master’s degree in democratic development from Uppsala University.

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    Deputy Director-General

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