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Mahela Nilsson was born and raised in Copenhagen and holds a BA in Psychology from Aarhus University. During her studies, Mahela spent a year in Paris writing her thesis on political psychology and has taken courses on gender at Linnaeus University in Sweden. Recently, she finished a six month internship at UN Women, working on issues at the intersection of feminism and international diplomacy, and is now responsible for all EU-related work at the Danish feminist think tank Tænketanken Tora. In addition, Mahela works at Infomedia doing media analysis and plans to start a MA degree in September 2020. Mahela also enjoys baking, classical music, French podcasts, drinks with ice cubes and fighting for justice.
Updated May 2020
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