As Advocacy and Campaigns Officer, Sophia supports the development and delivery of Girls Not Brides’ global advocacy and campaigns to end child marriage, in collaboration with teams based in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, member organisations and National Partnerships and coalitions.
Sophia has worked with a range of organisations on gender equality and women’s rights at the national, regional and international levels, including at the Council of Europe and UN and EU agencies, and non-governmental organisations. Most recently, Sophia worked in public affairs and campaigns for a national charity to tackle domestic abuse in England. For the past several years, her work has mainly focused on tackling violence against women and girls, and she has previously also worked in the areas of health and education in relation to women’s and girls’ rights. Her experience of gender equality work ranges from Europe to Africa.
As a member of the Child, Early and Forced Marriage Working Group of the Commonwealth Youth Gender & Equality Network (CYGEN), Sophia also co-wrote a report of a workshop on advocacy to end child marriage. She holds an MA in Modern History and an LLM in Human Rights.