Let’s Give (Wo)Men a Chance Programme Manager, Open Society Fund Prague, Czech Republic
Barbora Hořavová studied political science at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague. She is the Programme Director at the Open Society Fund Prague. She has been in charge of the Let’s Give (Wo)Men a Chance programme since 2013, which has been financed with more than 150 million CZK from Norway Grants and has supported projects promoting equal opportunities and prevention of domestic and gender based violence. Before joining the OSF she worked at the Multicultural Centre Prague non-profit organisation, where her initial focus was on education and the Campaign against Racism/Variety into Libraries project and cooperating with various professional groups (teachers, librarians, media) and the public administration. Later, as the organisation’s executive director, she concentrated mainly on its overall operation and professionalization and took part in launching the educational programme for the commercial sector of Diversity Management.
motto: Never say never.