Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi is a scholar-practitioner with over 15 years of experience in gender, migration and development. She has worked with several international agencies, including the UN, and local NGOs in South Asia, Europe and Africa. As Head of Grassroots at 'Women for Refugee Women', she led the organization's empowerment programmes and coordinated its frontline response during the COVID-19 pandemic. She currently serves as a Trustee of 'Work in Progress Studios', a non-profit in Athens supporting intersectional creativity and arts education, and as an Advisory Board member for 'AFROEQUALITY', an initiative which strengthens African communities in Greece, Italy and Spain through research, empowerment and dissemination activities.