Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Born 1960 in Tomsk.

Education
1989 - Ph.D, Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism
1982 - MA, Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism

Experience
2001- pre Russian Union of Journalists, Executive Secretary,
Center for Creative programs, Director
1996-2001-"Nezavisimaya Gazeta" ( national political daily), columnist, chair of section "Women"
1990-1996 - "Ogonyok" magazine ( national political weekly), writer, columnist, department chief
1986-1989 - Moscow State University, post graduated student
1982 - 1986 - "Komsomolskaya Pravda" ( national youth newspaper) writer

Teaching
1996- pre - Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism, special courses " Gender Issues in The Media", "Contemporary Press", "Creative Reporting"
2006 -Tampere University, special course" Popular Culture and Media in Russia"
1993-1996 - New University of Humanities, master classes and course of current journalism
1991 - 1993 - Moscow Youth Institute, Faculty of Journalism, regular course " Russian Journalism in XX"
Lectures (on journalism, culture and gender issues)
Bath University, University of London ( Great Britain) , Columbia University, Princeton University, University of Arizona, New York University, Brooklyn College, Colgate University, Amherst College, Drew University , (USA), Carleton University (Canada), Sodertorn, Stockholm, Gotheborg ( Sweden),.

Professional and Public Affiliations
Member of Union of Russian Writers since 1991
Co-founder and co-chair of The Association of Women Journalists since 1994
Russian gender coordinator for International Federation of Journalists since 2004
Board member, Vice president of "Women's World"(international women writer's association) since 2001
Member of KARAT Coalition since 1996
Member of Consortium of women's Russian NGOs since 1994
Member of International Women ‘s Media Foundation network since 1999
Member of Reproductive Rights Russian- American Coalition since 1994
Russian Editor of International women's magazine "WE/ MY" since 1996
President of "Woman Journalist" inter-regional club since 2001
Member of Women in Slavic Studies network since 1998
Member of International Women's Media Foundation since 1999

Conferences
Participated in AAASS conferences since 1991, member of Russian-American joint projects on contemporary Russian culture.
Participated in more than 100 national, regional and international conferences on journalism, culture and gender issues, including UN Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994), UN Beijing 4 World Conference on women ( 1995), UNESCO Conference on Women and the Media ( Toronto, 1995), UNDP Conference on Women and Politics ( New Delhi, 1997), UN Special Session on Beijing + 5 ( New York, 2000) Beijing + 10 ( Geneva, 2005), International Federation of Journalist Forums ( Seoul, 2001, Athens, 2004), 9 AWID Conference ( Guadalajara, 2002) and others.
Organized with The Association of Women Journalists and Russian Union of Journalists more than 20 international and national conferences and roundtables on current media issues, culture and gender in Moscow.

Publications and books
Author and editor of 12 books in Russian and English on human and women's rights, culture and journalism.
Author of more than 1000 articles in periodical publications and collection of short stories and essays, translated into English, Finnish, Spanish, Swedish, German, Italian, Georgian, Ukranian, Armenian, Hindi, Finnish .