ALESSANDRA ALLONI
She has worked in the field of education and environmental rights of children, adolescents and youngsters in Great Britain, Germany and Italy – collaborating with schools, charities and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). She graduated in Cultural Studies from the University of East London and holds a Master’s in Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights from the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. She is particularly interested in education through digital media and she loves talking to adolescents about digital media and the apps they use every day.
Alessandra is the focal point of Articolo12 for the North of Italy.
MARIA ROSARIA CENTRONE
She has worked in the field of international development cooperation and children’s rights in South Asia, the Middle East and Europe, collaborating with national and international NGOs, with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of the United Nations and with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa from L’Orientale University of Naples, a Master’s in Colonial and Post-Colonial History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Master’s in Childhoods Studies and Children’s Rights from the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. She is particularly interested in monitoring and evaluation of child rights programming and she is very fond of discussing gender discrimination with adolescents.
Maria Rosaria is the focal point of Articolo12 for the South of Italy.
FRANCESCA VIOLA
She is a development economist and an expert in children’s and adolescents’ rights. She deals with research and advocacy for children’s rights in Italy and Germany and works on impact assessment of social protection programmes across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. She holds a BA in Economics and Management from Ca Foscari University of Venice, an MSc in Development Economics at the Economics School of Louvain, Belgium, and an MA in Childhood Studies and Children’s Rights from the University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam, Germany. She has collaborated with international NGOs, the World Bank and UNICEF. She is interested in quantitative and qualitative research methods and likes to discuss the rights of unaccompanied and separated children and of all children and young people living in migration contexts.
Francesca Viola is the focal point of Articolo12 for central Italy.