Kerttu Willamo works as a Civic Space Project Officer at the European Civic Forum (ECF), a pan-European network of nearly 100 civil society organisations across Europe working to protect civic space, enable civic participation and build civil dialogue for more equality, solidarity and democracy. Kerttu’s background is in human rights advocacy and activist movements. She is coordinating ECF’s work on civic space monitoring and the protection of civic actors and human rights defenders.