Stella Kyriakides is a Clinical Psychologist specialised in the area of Child and Adolescent Psychology. She worked in the Cyprus Mental health Services until 2006. Special areas of training and interest include child abuse and paediatric psycho-oncology. She has been a member of the WHO working group on the Psycho Social Effects of B Thalassemia, and in the working group on Primary Prevention in Children up to two years of age. She has published widely and presented in a number of conferences in the area of child psychology. She has been a member of the National Committees on Dyslexia, on Violence in the Family, and on Autism. Since being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996, and again in 2004, she has founded the first Breast cancer Awareness movement in Cyprus, which then became a full member of EUROPA DONNA. She is at present President of EUROPA DONNA Cyprus. Over the past 8 years she has been organising breast cancer awareness activities in her own country, has lobbied parliament , collected thousands of signatures, is a member of the National Screening Committee, and has helped to raise awareness on breast cancer significantly in Cyprus. In 1999 Stella was elected to the European Board of EUROPA DONNA, and was Vice President until 2003 when she was elected to the position of President. She has presented at a number of conferences in Europe, the USA and Australia on breast cancer advocacy and has been a member of many working groups and taught in ESO and Europa Donna Courses on the psychosocial needs of women with breast cancer, the rights of patients and other related topics. In 2006 Stella was elected a Member of the Cypriot Parliament. She is Vice Chair of the Health Committee and a member of the Committees on Human Rights, Equality, and Anti Social behaviour and Drug Abuse. Stella has been honoured with a large number of awards, and was an Olympic Torch bearer for her country for the Athens Olympics. She has currently been nominated as Woman Politician of the year for 2008 and Woman with the greatest NGO contribution in 2008. Stella is married with two sons aged 26 and 22 years.