Anna Prodromou

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Anna Prodromou (born 26 June 1972) is a Cypriot communication consultant, journalist, speaker and educator. She is also the founder of the organization Women in Conflict Zones.[1]

Early life[]

Prodromou was born and raised in Nicosia, Cyprus. Both of her parents are of Cypriot origin, and her mother lives in Nicosia. Her father died in 2010.[citation needed]

She holds a degree in French language and literature from the University of Cyprus[2] and an MSc in communication and journalism from Open University of Cyprus.[3]

Career[]

She has worked as a project manager on several NGO projects, one of which received a Stelios Haji-Ioannou Award in 2011.[4] She has worked since 2012 as a local news producer for the German television network ZDF.[5] After leaving Cyprus, she lived in Athens, Greece, and New Canaan, Connecticut, US. She is the founder of the organization Women in Conflict Zones (WICZ), which concerns women's civic participation and contribution to civil society.[1] She was also a co-founder of Faros Association, a non-profit organization formed to support AIDS and H.I.V. positive persons and their families. Prodromou is an executive committee member of Join2Media,[6] Her volunteer work has included Faros Association (CY), UCYVoice (CY)[7] and Person to Person, P2P (USA).[8]

Prodromou was featured as an Expert in the ‘She Experts’[9] initiative of the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS),[10] She is also the winner of the 12th Cyprus (National) Business Woman of the Year Award 2018, Corporate Category.[11] Her book "Women in Conflict Zones" was published[12] in January 2019 and launched[13] in April 2019.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Women in Conflict Zones: Home". www.womeninconflictzones.com. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. ^ User, Super. "Département d'Études françaises et européennes". www.ucy.ac.cy (in French). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ^ "Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου - Open University of Cyprus". www.ouc.ac.cy. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  4. ^ "Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou Awards 50 Prizes for Building Cypriot Bi-Communal Co-Operation". www.goldnews.com.cy. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  5. ^ "ZDFmediathek". www.zdf.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. ^ "Cyprus – Join2Media". www.join2media.eu. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  7. ^ User, Super. "Ραδιοφωνικός Σταθμός Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου". www.ucy.ac.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  8. ^ "Community agency that provides basic goods and services for those in need". Person-to-Person. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  9. ^ "Anna Prodromou". www.she-experts.com. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  10. ^ "Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies". www.medinstgenderstudies.org. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  11. ^ "Cyprus Business Woman of the Year Award". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  12. ^ "Golds News".
  13. ^ "Women in Conflict Zones website".
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