ANNA FUMAROLA, Senior Project Manager, with Women for Africa Foundation started her career in the private sector, more specifically in the telecommunications and aero-space sector as Director of Communication oF HISPASAT where she was in charge, among others, of the coordination of the different scientific cooperation programs of the R&I department with other national and international research centers within EU policy framework.
She was External Relations Advisor and Program Officer for UNAIDS and UNIFEM in Pakistan.
Anna Fumarola has consulted in gender policy for several projects and programs of both private, public and international organizations, such as Casa Asia and Council Foundation Spain-India, about design and implementation of gender programs consistent with the objectives of state actors (such as the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the social corporate responsibility policies of the trustees.
She has a proven expertise in -empowerment of African scientists.-international scientific cooperation between Africa en EU
-leadership of African women researchers
-gender equality in science