Natalia Ghilascu
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| Born |
9 December 1980 Republic of Moldova |
| Alma mater |
Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (BS) Arizona State University (MS) |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, film maker, social activist |
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Natalia Ghilașcu is a Moldovian journalist, writer, documentary film maker, and social activist.
Ghilascu was born in Cotiujenii Mari, Republic of Moldova. She studied international economic relations at the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, followed by a master's degree in public communications at Free International University of Moldova in 2008. Later in 2015, she received a Hubert Humphrey Program felloowship at Arizona State University. Her studies at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication inspired to produce films and documentaries and advocate for human rights.
In her 20's, Ghilașcu became a member of the international movement Initiatives of Change, which has influenced her thinking by its philosophy of leading change by personal example.
After working as a morning news anchor and political reporter for National TV Moldova 1, a news portal that Ghilascu initiated helped advocate for the adoption of Equality Law in 2012, which raised much criticism in Moldovan society Ghilascu assisted people with physical disabilities and Roma to file discrimination cases. One of her shots was used as evidence of discrimination by the Council on Preventing, Eliminating Discrimination and Equal Rights
After Ghilascu received one of the awards in mass-media in Moldavia from United Nations in 2011, she was invited to join the United Nations Nomination Board for Human Rights in Moldova, revising the best candidates for future awards.
Ghilascu became a prominent journalists of Moldova covering LGBT issues, the hostility towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Moldovan society. Several of her findings were mentioned in a publication about human rights violations "Testing the waters: LGBT people in the Europe and Eurasia Region" written for United States Agency for International Development and the United States Government.
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