Zuzana Števulová

Zuzana Števulová (born 1983) is a Slovak lawyer, lecturer and activist who assists migrants. She was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award.

Zuzana Števulová
in Washington in 2016
Born1983
Slovakia
NationalitySlovakia
EducationPhD
OccupationLawyer, Politician
EmployerHuman Rights League
Known forhuman rights campaigner
Political partyProgressive Slovakia

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

References
  1. Zuzana Stevulova, migrationonline.cz, Retrieved 15 July 2016
  2. Zuzana Števulová receives International Women of Courage Award, Human Rights League of Slovakia, Retrieved 15 July 2016
  3. Biographies, State.gov, Retrieved 15 July 2016

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