Lena Kurz

Magdalena Kurz, editor and initiator of the «Guidebook for mentoring young women in Europe», holds an MA in Political Science and studied at the University of Vienna and at University of California, Berkeley. Magdalena is Policy Officer for Participation at the European Youth Forum since 2009. Prior to that she was active within the United Nation Information Service, the Press and Public Information Service of the Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe, Research Officer for the Evaluation of the Youth Programme of the European Commission in Austria, consultant at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Family Health and Youth as well as the Austrian National Youth Council. After participating to the mentoring project «Genderize!» Magdalena continued fostering women networking and decided to launch this Guidebook with the Staff Grant of the Youth Forum.