Emmicki Roos is a gender expert who has spent the last ten years working on gender mainstreaming and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in civil society and the United Nations. Ms. Roos is a co-founder and executive director (at this time on leave) of 1325 Policy Group, a Swedish non-governmental organization. She currently serves at UNDP as a seconded gender advisor from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB).