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Born 1984 Slovakia Known for human rights campaigner | ||
Zuzana Števulová (born 1984) is a Slovakian lawyer, lecturer and activist who assists migrants. She was the first Slovak to be given an International Women of Courage Award.
Life
Števulová was born in Slovakia in 1984. She is lecturer at the University of Trnava in Slovakia. She helped create the Integration Policy for the Slovak Republic.
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. 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.
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