Zuzana Števulová
{{short description|Slovak lawyer, lecturer and activist (born 1983)}}
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| name = Zuzana Števulová
| image = Zuzana Števulová of Slovakia Director of the Human Rights League.jpg
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| caption = in Washington in 2016
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|7|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Martin, Slovakia
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| 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
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Zuzana Števulová (born 24 July 1983){{cite web |title=Poslanci : Zoznam poslancov : JUDr. Zuzana Števulová - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky |url=https://www.nrsr.sk/web/Default.aspx?sid=poslanci/poslanec&PoslanecID=1132 |website=www.nrsr.sk |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=sk-SK}} 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.{{cite web |title=Toto sú noví poslanci zvolení do parlamentu |url=https://www.teraz.sk/slovensko/toto-su-novi-poslanci-zvoleni-do-parl/744748-clanok.html |website=TERAZ.sk |access-date=28 November 2023 |language=sk |date=2 October 2023}}
Early life and career
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.[http://migrationonline.cz/en/about-us/our-team/stevulova-zuzana Zuzana Stevulova], migrationonline.cz, Retrieved 15 July 2016
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.[http://www.hrl.sk/en/news/zuzana-stevulova-receives-international-women-courage-award Zuzana Števulová receives International Women of Courage Award], Human Rights League of Slovakia, Retrieved 15 July 2016 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.[https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/programs/iwoc/2016/bio/ Biographies], State.gov, Retrieved 15 July 2016
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Category:Slovak women activists
Category:Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award
Category:Academic staff of the University of Trnava
Category:21st-century Slovak lawyers
Category:21st-century women lawyers
Category:Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2023–2027