Cecilia Strada (born 12 March 1979) is an Italian philanthropist and essayist. She is a former president of the NGO
Emergency, which provides free medical treatment to the victims of war, poverty and land mines.
Life
The only daughter of
Gino Strada and
Teresa Sarti Strada
Teresa Sarti Strada, (28 March 1946 – 1 September 2009) was an Italian teacher, pacifist and philanthropist who, together with her husband Gino Strada, founded Emergency, an NGO dedicated to providing free medical treatment to the victims of ...
, Cecilia Strada graduated in sociology at the
University of Milano-Bicocca. At the age of thirty years, on 21 December 2009, she was elected president of
Emergency in place of her mother, who had died the previous September. She held this position until July 2017.
She is married to Maso Notarianni and has a son.
On 27 June 2021 she announced that she was
bisexual
Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...
.
Career
Internationally engaged, she followed the activities of the various hospitals of the Emergency organization and took care of their relations at the local level, as well as testifying to her experience as journalist and on media.
She supports the need for a change in international relations and the need to link the network of commercial relationships with respect for human rights.
In 2018 she received the National Culture of Peace Award "for the many activities carried out, for her social work within an association, as well as for the work of information, counter-information and testimony regarding theaters of war and the possible solutions to be adopted. All this has allowed and allows many to know complex realities, to open up different horizons and to create spaces of decisive commitment for the progress of society".
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External links
Official website of Emergency
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1979 births
Living people
Italian philanthropists