Julia Runte
Project Officer for the Afghan Scholars and Students at Risk Project
Julia Runte, GC Europe/EMA Alumna, contributes to the implementation of projects dedicated to human rights defenders, supports the coordination of events, and assists with the overall administration of these projects.
Before moving to Venice, Julia Runte worked for VOICE, a small NGO working against violence against women and girls in humanitarian settings and localizing programming and funding for it, as well as internships with the International Rescue Committee HQ and the Venice Bureau of UNESCO. She also is a 2018 alumna of the EMA programme. Additionally, she is a former primary school teacher in both the US and China.
She holds a European Masters in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) from the Global Campus, a Masters in Education from the New Jersey City University, and a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States.