Stanislava Stachova is based in Bratislava, Slovakia where she works as a Program Officer, focusing on transparent local governance and women’s economic empowerment projects in Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining CIPE, she worked as a Program Assistant at IRI supporting the office’s external communication efforts and projects in the CE region with a special focus on youth participation and empowerment. She holds a master’s degree in Central European Studies from Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. Under student exchange programs she also studied at the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia and the University of Freiburg, Germany.