Zsófia Bajnay is the Project Officer leading Validity’s DIS-CONNECTED project, which is focused on preventing and addressing disability- and gender-based violence against women and children with mental and psychosocial disabilities. As project coordinator, she oversees the implementation of the project in Hungary and coordinates the work of project partners in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Portugal and Slovakia.

Zsófi has been at Validity since 2020. She worked at think tanks, academia and non-governmental organisations before, and has an M.A. from Central European University and a B.A. from Corvinus University in Political Science. When she is not working on advancing the rights of women and children with disabilities, she enjoys volunteering, modern art exhibitions and baking.