Cristiana Scoppa, 43 years old, half Italian half German, is a journalist working since 2000 at AIDOS, Associazione italiana donne per lo sviluppo (Italian Association for Women in Development), where she is in charge of communication, information and advocacy activities, as well as of AIDOS projects concerning the prevention of female genital mutilation/cutting, both in Africa and in the context of migration in Italy and Europe. In this field, she contributed to the development of participatory training curricula using, among other, audio-video materials. In the past she worked as editor in the political magazine “Noidonne” (“We, the women”, a feminist monthly magazine) and as Consultant to the Minister for Equal Opportunities, in charge of foreign policy, with a particular focus on relationships with the UN and EU bodies. Her first occupation was as tour operator in her father’s company, Archaeology Travel Service, specialised in cultural tours in Italy.
