Anna Prodromou (born 26 June 1972) is a Cypriot Communications & DEI Consultant, Speaker and Trainer. She is also the founder of the Foundation 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 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 is also the Culture First Cyprus chapter lead.[9]
Prodromou was featured as an Expert in the ‘She Experts’[10] initiative of the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS),[11] She is also the winner of the 12th Cyprus (National) Business Woman of the Year Award 2018, Corporate Category.[12] Her book "Women in Conflict Zones" was published[13] in January 2019 and launched[14] in April 2019.
