Kristina Böhmer is a freelance journalist who divides her time between Barcelona and Bratislava.
Kristina has a Masters in Journalism and a PhD in Political Science. As a reporter, she focuses on political and social issues around the world and in her own country, with a particular interest in women's rights, reproductive rights, gender inequality and children's rights. She is particularly fond of field reporting and has travelled across continents to bring unheard stories to her readers. She is mainly published by the Slovakian daily Denník N, one of the best-known newspapers in Central Europe.
Kristina participated in the online and field training in Tanzania Minority Realities in the News 2015, which focused on reporting on minorities, and the UNFPA training programme on reporting on gender-based violence in Bucharest in 2023. She was selected for the European Collaborative Journalism Programme 2024 and holds a diploma in Sustainable Peace and Human Rights Education from the Conflict Academy in Berlin. She is working a book on reporting from Cuba and a book on the brain drain from Slovakia, and she is a lecturer at the Comenius University.
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