Monica Ellena

Monica Ellena is an Italian journalist currently based in Kyiv. She is the former editor of Chai Khana, a multi award-winning platform covering gender, conflict and displacement in the South Caucasus. A former staff journalist for ABC News and Bloomberg News in London, she has reported from the Balkans, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union for for both leading and specialised publications like the Financial Times and Eurasianet. She has extensive experience on gender and refugee issues in UN-led missions from Kosovo to Afghanistan and regularly conducts training for journalists on journalism ethics and gender and conflict-sensitive reporting.