Zuzana Števulová Explained

Zuzana Števulová
Birth Date:24 July 1983
Birth Place:Martin, Slovakia
Known For:human rights campaigner
Education:PhD
Occupation:Lawyer, Politician
Office1:Member of the Slovak National Council
Term Start1:25 October 2023
Party:Progressive Slovakia

Zuzana Števulová (born 24 July 1983)[1] is a Slovak politician, lawyer, lecturer and migrants' rights activist. She was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award. In 2023 she was elected as an MP of the National Council of Slovakia.[2]

Life

Števulová was born in Slovakia in 1983. She is lecturer at the University of Trnava in Slovakia. She helped create the Integration Policy for the Slovak Republic.[3]

She had campaigned for the rights of refugees and migrants arriving in Europe and in 2016 she was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award in Washington DC.[4] She has won important cases to overturn refusals in Slovakia to grant political asylum and to support the rights of the migrants in her country.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poslanci : Zoznam poslancov : JUDr. Zuzana Števulová - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky . www.nrsr.sk . 28 November 2023 . sk-SK.
  2. Web site: Toto sú noví poslanci zvolení do parlamentu . TERAZ.sk . 28 November 2023 . sk . 2 October 2023.
  3. http://migrationonline.cz/en/about-us/our-team/stevulova-zuzana Zuzana Stevulova
  4. http://www.hrl.sk/en/news/zuzana-stevulova-receives-international-women-courage-award Zuzana Števulová receives International Women of Courage Award
  5. https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2016/bio/ Biographies