Erinna Dia, UNICEF Associate Director for Early Childhood Development. Before moving to UNICEF’s Headquarters as Associate Director for Early Childhood Development, Ms. Erinna Dia worked as Chief of Education in West and Central Africa, the Middle East and South Asia where, with the teams under her leadership, she has achieved critical results for children in complex and nonpermissive political and operational environments. Prior to joining UNICEF, Erinna Ms. Dia held technical positions in the human development and economics departments of the African Development Bank. In these capacities, she worked with Regional Member Countries on the elaboration and implementation of education and protection projects to foster social transformation and generate growth through improved access to education, skills, technology and employment. She has co-authored several papers and journal articles on parenting, and education challenges and opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Eduardo Garcia Rolland, Early Childhood Development Specialist. Eduardo García Rolland is a humanitarian worker with more than 25 years of experience in child protection, management, emergencies, education and early childhood development. He holds a law degree and a masters on international humanitarian aid from Spain and Germany. He started working in Latin-America in Peru in 1995. Since then Eduardo has been involved in different emergencies, civil wars, and natural disasters in Burundi, Rwanda, DRC, Sierra Leone, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Sri Lanka, Jordan, etc. He has worked in civil society organisations as well as intergovernmental agencies. Previously, Eduardo worked in the Middle-East as UNICEF ECD and ECE Specialist since 2017 based in Amman. Nowadays, he is Early Childhood Development Specialist focusing on humanitarian settings within the Nutrition and Child Development Team.

Radhika Mitter, Early Childhood Development Specialist. Radhika Mitter is an Early Childhood Development (ECD) Specialist at UNICEF Headquarters, New York, responsible for global evidence and knowledge management of ECD programmes. Radhika's work focuses on providing technical support and facilitating global knowledge exchange and learning on ECD programmes including those focused on the promotion of nurturing care, parenting support, and caregiver mental health. Prior to UNICEF, Radhika worked at the World Bank and Results for Development where she provided research and analytical support to ECD and Education-focused programmes. She holds a master’s degree in International Development with a concentration in Education.

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