Najwa Duzdar, MA, graduated in economics and social sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She is one of the managing directors of the Orient Express association and heads the association's counselling centre. In her role, she is responsible for the professional development of counselling activities as well as for the project management of numerous prevention projects in the field of forced marriage and domestic violence. In addition to her professional activities, she completed a European Master's degree in Social Economy and Social Work at the University of Applied Sciences Campus Vienna.