Irini Anastassiou

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Irini Anastassiou With FWC January 2004 - January 2008 March 2009 - June 2009 December 2009 - December 2010 May - July 2011 February 2012 - present Title Project Coordinator Key Project(s) Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders Key Interests Humanitarian Affairs and Sustainable Development Degree(s) BA, MA

Relation to Future Worlds Center

Irini Anastassiou Irini began working with Future Worlds Center in January 2011 as a social advisor for the Unit for Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture, providing social services to refugees and asylum seekers that were victims of torture. During this time she worked in close collaboration with the legal and social advisors of the UNHCR funded project Strengthening Asylum in Cyprus. Driven from her strong interest on human rights and development, between April and December 2011 she was working in refugee and women organizations in East Africa.

Since January 2012 she has returned to Future Worlds Center as an intern for the Global Education Unit working on projects that aim to promote peace and development education in the eastern Mediterrenean and Sub-Saharan African countries. As of March 2012, Irini has assumed an almost full-time job, working together with Kerstin Wittig, Yiannis Laouris and Elia Petridou in the Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders project.

As of February, 2012, Irini has assumed an almost full-time job, working together with Kerstin Wittig, Yiannis Laouris and Elia Petridou in the Civil Society Acts Beyond Borders project.

Biography

Irini completed a BA