Authors

Azita Berar Awad is the director of the employment policy department that leads ILO’s action for promoting full, productive, decent and freely chosen employment. She leads the advisory work, research and technical cooperation in relevant fields such as youth employment and innovate employment creation schemes.

Soledad Dominguez is a journalist based in Brazil

Irineu E.C. Filho is an economist

Rodrigo Zeidan is a business and finance professor at NYU Shanghai and Fundação Dom Cabral.  

Lucia Guimarães is a veteran Brazilian journalist and columnist for O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.

Diana López is the sister of Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo López. 

Sarah Evans is a senior program officer with the Open Society Public Health Program. 

Rene Silva is the founder and editor-in-chief of Voz das Comunidades, an online news and cultural resource for residents of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. 

Tegel is an independent journalist and analyst based in Lima. You can follow him on Twitter at @SimeonTegel.