Stefania Piccinelli

Stefania Piccinelli is Head of International Programs at WeWorld, where she has led international cooperation strategies and operations in over 25 countries since 2018. With more than 25 years of experience in the fields of humanitarian aid and development, she has held progressively senior roles—from Country Director in the field to Europe Programmes Director and Coordinator of the Global Citizenship Education and Volunteering Department at HQ.
From 2007 to 2018, she also directed the Terra di Tutti Film Festival, a major international event on human rights and social communication that became a cultural landmark in Italy.
Stefania holds a degree in Political Science with a specialization in Development Sociology from the University of Bologna, graduating with honors. Her thesis examined the socio-economic value of informal women’s labor in Brazil and Vietnam. She has worked on the front lines of humanitarian response in countries such as Burundi and post-tsunami Indonesia, and she strengthened her expertise in International Humanitarian Law through studies at ISPI.

An expert in international cooperation, emergency response, global education, and advocacy, Stefania brings a strategic vision and participatory approach to promoting social justice, gender equality, and human rights around the world.