Simpson

Joni Simpson is a Specialist and the Coordinator of Women’s & Youth Entrepreneurship development for the International Labour Organization.  She has a background in Local Economic Development and has worked on social enterprise, community credit, sustainable livelihoods model and non profit management. At the ILO, she provides technical assistance to constituents and field specialists and projects.  Joni is concerned with the inclusion and empowerment of marginalized populations and has been working on micro-enterprise development and employment issues for the last 12 years. Her academic background is in Cultural Anthropology and Education. Her research focused upon immigrant women entrepreneurs and their pathways towards livelihoods through entrepreneurship