Policy advocacy professional with 20 years of international experience in networking and advocacy training, project management and policy analysis and dialogue in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, as well as Africa; training librarians as advocates; experience in facilitating participatory, interactive, multi-cultural workshops; expertise in women’s empowerment, reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence. Advocacy, communication and social mobilization field-work and training experience for the World Health Organization on Tuberculosis projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Daniela DRAGHICI
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Policy advocacy professional with 20 years of international experience in networking and advocacy training, project
management and policy analysis and dialogue in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, as well as Africa;
training librarians as advocates; experience in facilitating participatory, interactive, multi-cultural workshops;
expertise in women’s empowerment, reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence. Advocacy,
communication and social mobilization field-work and training experience for the World Health Organization on
Tuberculosis projects in Central and Eastern Europe.
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 Center for Health Policies and Services (CPSS), Communication and Social Mobilization Officer, Romania, 2015
 International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) Advocacy Officer, Global Libraries Biblionet Program,
Romania, 2008 – 2014
 International Consortium for Medical Abortion (ICMA), Coordinator, International Campaign for Women’s Right
to Safe Abortion, 2012 – 2014
 Ipas, Policy Advocacy and Program Consultant, Europe, 2002 – 2008
 World Health Organization & Center for Health Policies and Services, Advocacy Consultant and Trainer, 2006 -
2009
 Academy for Educational Development (AED), Senior Peer Networks Coordinator / Senior Advocacy Specialist,
Romania Governance Reform and Sustainable Partnerships Program, 2002 – 2004
 Academy for Educational Development (AED)/ World Health Organization / Ipas / Romanian Ministry of Health
and Family, consultant, 2001
 The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)/The POLICY Project, field assistant / country
representative / project manager / advocacy coordinator, 1991 – 2002
 NBC News, NBC Sports, PBS Television, TIME International researcher/reporter/stringer, 1990–1992
 US Embassy Romania, World Bank, USAID, translator/interpreter, 1990 – 1991
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
1992  Women in Management: Leadership Training for the ‘90s - CEDPA, USA
1993  Strategic Planning and Management for Nonprofit Organizations - Mandel Center for Non-profit
Organizations / Case Western Reserve University, Romania
1994  Contraceptive Technology course – Contemporary Forums, USA
 Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Executives – American Management
Association, USA
1997  Partnership in Politics between Women and Men – Project Parity, Romania
1998  Expanding Participation in the Policy Process: Training of Trainers – The POLICY Project, CEDPA, USA
 Advocacy Workshop, Romanian NGO Coalition for Reproductive Health - The POLICY Project, Romania
 Romanian Print/Audiovisual Media Workshops on Reproductive Health - The POLICY Project, Romania
1999  Maximizing Access and Quality in Family Planning and Reproductive Health (MAQ) – USAID, Romania
 Developing Action Plans for the Removal of Policy Barriers to Reproductive Health Services in Primary
Health Care – The POLICY Project, Romania
2000  We Change the World: Women and Democracy in Romania –USAID/World Learning, Romania
2001  Gender and Labor Markets in Transition Countries - The World Bank, Poland
 Women’s NGOs and Democracy: the Denmark Example – Folkevirke, Denmark
2002  Networking for Policy Change Advocacy Workshop – The POLICY Project, Romania
 First CEE Regional Women’s Leadership Institute – Poland
2003  ASTRA Network workshop “Using International Human Rights Instruments to Execute Women's
Human Rights in the Area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights”, Lithuania
2005  EuroNGOs and ASTRA Networks Media Officers’ Workshop on SRHR, Hungary
 Why, What, How EU Funding and Sustainability Workshop for ASTRA Network, Poland
2009  “Building Good Advocacy Practices Convening”, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
2010  “Turning The Page” Advocacy Training, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Belgium
2011  “Global Libraries Advocacy Training the Trainer”, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA
2013  Training of Trainers Certification, Opportunity Associates, Romania, Romania
 Fundraising Summer Camp, Dream Catchers Romania, Romania
2014  Population Dynamics and SRHR: Effective Advocacy Partners, EuroNGOs, Belgium
 Accountability for the Post-2015 Development Framework: Untapping Civil Society Potential,
EuroNGOs, Spain
2015  Resource Mobilization Workshop, DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevoelkerung), EuroNGOs, Belgium
 Strategizing and Moving Forward Beyond 2015 Workshop, EuroNGOs, Norway
EDUCATION
B.A., English and French language and literature, University of Bucharest, Romania – Department of Germanic
Languages, Interpreters and translators
LANGUAGES: Romanian (native), English (proficient), French (proficient)

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DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Center for Health Policies and Services (CPSS) – Communication and Social Mobilization Officer,
Romania, June – November 2015
 Communicated with community health workers from among medical and non-medical personnel for integrated
community support interventions for active screening and improved treatment response in TB cases,
contributing to reducing TB incidence and mortality in Romania by improving diagnosis, treatment and
prevention with special focus on key populations.
 Created, managed and posted project-related articles on website and social media channels.
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) – Advocacy Officer, Biblionet Program Romania,
2008 – 2014
 Provided advocacy expertise to IREX’s Biblionet Program - as part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's
Global Libraries Initiative - in designing an advocacy training tool kit for community development by facilitating
access to information via the Internet within equipped public libraries manned by librarians trained in IT and
modern library service development and management;
 Worked with relevant governmental, community, and library stakeholders in networking, policy advocacy, and
training activities in support of the program, librarian, and community goals;
 Designed and conducted model advocacy workshops for librarians, in tandem with key community
stakeholders - according to the "whole-system-in-the-room" methodology - with key members of the National
Association of Librarians and Public Libraries of Romania and with urban and rural librarians with a view to
developing implementable and fundable action plans;
 Networked through local partnerships to give women tools to improve their lives, families and communities via
“outside-the-box” advocacy activities to increase educational and cultural programs for public libraries and
ensure access to lifesaving health information; helped strengthen librarians’ and partner stakeholders’
advocacy potential;
 Advocated successfully and introduced public libraries in the national reproductive health strategy as
alternative venues for sexuality education and breast cancer prevention awareness-raising and information.
International Consortium for Medical Abortion (ICMA), Part-time Coordinator, International Campaign
for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion, 2012 – 2014
 Coordinated the building of strategic partnerships with women’s health and rights advocates, health
professional organizations, governments, ministry officials, UN and human rights groups/bodies;
 Promoted the legitimacy of the right to safe abortion in all forums addressing women’s health and rights,
including those reviewing the MDGs, ICPD, Beijing, the UN Secretary-General’s initiative for women’s and
children’s health, and initiatives on safe motherhood and family planning;
 Coordinated international solidarity campaigns and actions, especially the May 28 and September 28 Days of
Action annually, promoting national and regional solidarity actions in conjunction with regional networks;
 Acted as a spokesperson for the campaign and advocated for the right to safe abortion to be included on the
international health, human rights, gender equality and social justice agendas, raising the profile of the
campaign internationally.
WHO and Center for Health Policies and Services, Advocacy Consultant and Trainer, 2006 – 2009
 Advocacy trainer, “Fundamentals of an integrated approach to medical-social services at local level”
management training workshop;
 Participated in the joint WHO EURO-ECDC /Stop TB Partnership country missions to the TB Control programme
in Albania and Bulgaria, aimed at improving performance of the ACSM component;
 Facilitated “Understanding implications of Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM) with
regards to TB control in the WHO European Region” planning workshop, Belarus.
Ipas – Policy Advocacy and Program Consultant, Europe, 2002 – 2004
 Provided technical support to Ipas’s Europe and Policy units in exploring a rights-based approach to training,
technical assistance, policy advocacy, and research in Europe, as well as Africa;
 Participated in a strategic assessment and follow-up activities related to reducing the recourse to abortion and
improving the quality of care of reproductive health services in Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine in formulating
plans for interventions and operations research to address the recommendations of the assessment; involved
in the strategic assessment planning in the Russian Federation;
 Designed and conducted advocacy and networking training for the ASTRA Network in Bulgaria, for NGOs in
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Armenia, for local NGOs in Moldova, and for NGOs in
partnership with Parliamentarians in Georgia to advocate for SRHR in CEE at international fora in the context
of Cairo +10, Beijing+10, and the MDGs processes;
 Assisted in implementing a multifaceted MVA training and distribution project; expanded focus to encompass
gender and violence-related issues; initiated a policy assistance project for the Internally Displaced Persons
from Abkhazia, in collaboration with the Abkhazia Government in Exile; conducted networking and advocacy
training at Inter Caucasian Roundtable on ICPD and the MDGs; managed training project in Western Georgia.

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Academy for Educational Development (AED) – Senior Peer Networks Coordinator & Advocacy
Specialist, Governance Reform and Sustainable Partnerships Program (GRASP), 2002 – 2004
 Provided technical assistance in networking, advocacy, coalition building, member and volunteer outreach,
strategic planning, policy analysis and monitoring, media outreach and advocacy / lobbying activities of client
local government associations and their NGO partners;
 Designed and helped implement social reform strategies and advocacy campaigns with civil society
organizations, local government membership and professional associations on areas of particular concern.
Academy for Educational Development (AED), Niamey, Niger - Consultant, Adolescent Sexual and
Reproductive Health, 2001
 Undertook assessment to develop technical and financial aspects for an intervention which focused on
adolescents in Niger, with the specific objective of reducing the incidence of STIs, including HIV, and the
number of undesired pregnancies via reproductive health education and services;
 Promoted a proactive, integrated approach, involving youth and traditional leaders’ organizations in all stages
of the initiative development; highlighted the human rights, gender, and sexual and domestic violence aspects
as crosscutting issues; secured the political will of all players involved.
WHO/IPAS/Ministry of Health, Romania - Consultant, Strategic Evaluation of Abortion and
Contraception in Romania, 2001
 Conducted and documented qualitative interviews with providers and clients of abortion and contraception
services in the governmental and nongovernmental sectors in Romania and participated in writing the
evaluation report.
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), Bucharest, Romania – Country
Representative / Advocacy Coordinator, The POLICY Project, 1991 – 2002
 Designed and implemented strategies in favor of a supportive policy environment for the development of
policies regarding women’s and young adults’ health, by mobilizing stakeholders from public, NGO, media, and
international agency sectors; forged community coalitions and networks and gave technical assistance in
networking, policy, and advocacy skills.
 Pioneered NGO coalition-building and reproductive health and rights advocacy campaigns in collaboration with
the public sector and the media; garnered support for the Reproductive Health NGO Coalition from major
Romanian government ministries, the Presidential office, Parliament, and international agencies; conducted
and coordinated the “Women Choosing Health” and “Women Voting Health” advocacy campaigns; secured
support from and operated in partnership with the corporate sector to maximize impact of advocacy caravans
in rural areas; created partnerships between reproductive health experts and journalists, designed and applied
media strategies, produced press kits related to women’s and young adults’ reproductive health and rights;
created venues for policy issue presentations to policymakers and served on numerous panels to present
policies and strategies regarding aspects of reproductive health and rights as part of national and international
forums; mobilized government and NGO health experts to develop a package of reproductive health services
and support the inclusion of the basic benefits package in health insurance; conducted groundbreaking
advocacy workshops for NGOs and produced an advocacy training manual in Romanian.
 Fundraised successfully with commercial and pharmaceutical companies and involved the First Lady and key
Government officials in the advocacy campaigns; assisted USAID Romania in producing and launching the first
press kit on men’s responsibility in reproductive health; networked with Parliament and the Ombudsman’s
Office to reverse C-section denial to HIV-positive pregnant woman and presented the case as an example of
infringement of human rights at international forums.
Training conducted
 ASTRA Network Strategic Planning and Advocacy Workshop – Bulgaria, 2003
 ASTRA Network Advocacy Workshop on Reproductive Health and Rights, Armenia, 2004
 Ipas Europe Distributors’ Workshop, Turkey, 2005
 “Networking for Impact in Reproductive Health Policy” National Workshop, Moldova, 2005
 “Central & Eastern Europe Reproductive Health & Right Issues”, 10th
International Women & Health Meeting, India, 2005
 “Networking for Policy Change”, Caucasian Roundtable on ICPD and MDGs, Georgia, 2005
 Advocacy for IPPF-EN Central Asia member association clinicians, Armenia, 2006
 Policy workshop “Building advocacy experience” at Ipas, USA, 2006
 Advocacy Chapter, Management Course, Trainer’s Manual, Center for Health Policies and Services, Romania, 2006
 “Capacity Building in Networking, Advocacy & TOT of Ipas Nigeria Partners” – Nigeria, 2007
 “Capacity Building in Networking & Advocacy” - IPPF-EN Moldova Family Planning Member Association– Moldova, 2007
 Media Advocacy, Women’s Human Rights Training Institute, Bulgaria, 2012 - 2015
 “Advocacy Communication Social Mobilization for TB” – World Health Organization, Romania, 2008
 Advocacy Training Curriculum for TB Service Delivery Network – Center for Health Policies and Services, Romania, 2008
 “Advocacy Communication Social Mobilization for TB” – World Health Organization, Belarus, 2009
 Safe Abortion Advocacy Strategy: Mobilizing for Action – advocacy workshop for the Eastern European Alliance for
Reproductive Choice, Ukraine 2012
 Communication, Networking, and Advocacy Workshop Training Series – Global Libraries/IREX Biblionet Program Romania,
2008-2014
 Networking for Advocacy and Advocacy for Policy Change – Bridging the Gap NGO Academy, Romania, 2015

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Speaker/panelist/facilitator
 Romanian Family Planning Program - to US First Lady Hillary Clinton and AWID Forum, Romania, 1996
 Sex Education in Romania - Young Adult Reproductive Health Survey national conference, Romania, 1997
 Reproductive Health Coalition “Women Choosing Health” Advocacy Campaigns, Romania 1998 - 2000
 Women Portrayed by the Media - International Women’s Media Foundation Conference, Romania, 1999
 Rally against domestic violence in Playboy Romania magazine, Romania, 2000
 Romanian Orthodox Church workshop on domestic violence, Romania, 2001
 “Achieving ICPD Commitments for Abortion Care in CEE: The Unfinished Agenda ”, UN Commission on Population and
Development, USA, 2004
 Romanian women’s reproductive health, Psychosocial Workshop (Keynote address), USA, 2004
 “Implementing ICPD Recommendations for Safe Abortion Services: Experiences from Eastern and Central Europe”,
Population Association of America Annual Meeting, USA, 2004
 Countdown 2015 Global Roundtable, London, 2004
 International Students’ Program, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2005
 OSI & ASTRA Network Seminar “Women and HIV/AIDS in CEE”, Poland, 2005
 Global Safe Abortion Conference “Whose Right? Whose Choice? Who Cares?”, UK, 2007
 “Medical Abortion in Former Soviet Union Countries”, Gynuity Health Projects, Georgia, 2009
 “Expanding Access to Medical Abortion”, ICMA, Ipas & Gynuity, Portugal, 2010
 „Modern library in Lithuania: shall we create it ourselves”, Bibliotekos pažangai project, Lithuania, 2010
 Global Maternal Health Conference, India, 2010
 Gynuity Health Projects, Turkey, 2012
 Improving Quality of Care for Second Trimester Abortion, Gynuity Health Projects, Uzbekistan, 2013
 “The International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion”, EuroNGOs Annual Meeting, Germany, 2013
 “Putting the Puzzle Together: SRHR in a World Post-2015”, EuroNGOs Annual Meeting, Spain, 2014
 “Breaking the Silence about Sexual Violence”, A.L.E.G. national seminar, Romania, 2015
 “Europe And Central Asia Activist Convening”, Global Fund for Women, Kvinna till Kvinna, Women’s Fund in Georgia,
Georgia, 2015
Advisor/author/reviewer
 “Voices of Romanian Women” by Dr. Henry P. David and Adriana Baban, 1994
 “Women and Men in Romania” - Romanian National Commission for Statistics, 2000
 Trafficking Against Women initiative, Romanian Parliament Commission for European Integration, 2000
 Romanian NGOs’ Shadow Report to the CEDAW 23rd Session”, 2000
 Policy briefs on reproductive health, Population Reference Bureau - MEASURE Communication, 2003
 “A Personal View of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Lives in Romania”, Keynote address, Psychosocial Workshop,
Population Association of America, Boston, 2004
 Advocacy Chapter - Management Course, Trainer’s Manual, Center for Health Policies and Services, 2006
 “Values Clarification” Toolkit, Ipas, 2006
 “Providers As Advocates: Training Module, Ipas, 2007
Conference participation
 International Conference on Population & Development (ICPD) and Beijing+5 PrepComs, New York, 1999 -2000
 Europe desk liaison, NGO Media Center, Beijing+5, UN New York, 2000
 European Population Forum, Geneva, 2004
 EuroNGOs Network media officers’ meeting and “March for Women’s Lives”, Communications Consortium Media Center
(CMCC), Washington D.C., 2004
 International Consortium on Medical Abortion (ICMA), Johannesburg, 2004
 Inter-Agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situations (IAWG), UNHCR Geneva, 2004
 UN Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regional Preparatory Meeting for the ten-year review of the Beijing Platform for
Action implementation, Palais des Nations, Geneva, 2004
 58th World Health Assembly - related to MDGs , Palais des Nations, Geneva, 2005
 10th
AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development, Bangkok, 2005
 Johns Hopkins University 18th
International Philanthropy Fellows Conference, Bucharest, 2006
 EuroNGOs Annual Conferences and Membership Meetings, 2006-2015
 International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF-EN) Regional Council Meetings, 2009-2015
 Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation Meeting and the 1st
International Congress on Women's Health and Unsafe Abortion, Bangkok, 2010
 “ICPD Beyond 2014 – From Promise to Action, CSOs Defining the Way Forward”, Geneva, 2013
 AWID International Strategy Meeting, Istanbul, 2013
 International Summit on Reproductive Choice - a Pro-choice Summit by AFP, BPAS, CFC, Lisbon, 2014
 13th
International Dialogue on Population and Sustainable Development “Health, Gender, Rights – Moving Beyond 2015”,
Berlin, 2015
Membership and volunteer activities
 Regional Executive Committee, International Planned Parenthood Federation - European Network (IPPF-EN)
 Steering Committee, European NGOs for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Population and Development
(EuroNGOs)
 Steering Committee, Eastern European Alliance for Reproductive Choice (EEARC)
 Honorary Advisory Board, ASTRA Network of Central & Eastern Europe NGOs
 Board, Romanian Society for Education in Contraception and Sexuality (SECS)
 Member, AnA - Society for Feminist Analyses, Romania
 Member, “Breaking the Silence about Sexual Violence” Network, Romania
 Member, “Gender Coalition”, Romania
Contact
Cell: +40-722-706-468; Email:daniela.draghici@gmail.com; Skype ID: daniela_draghici