Agnieszka Ewa Dziemianowicz-Bąk (born 20 January 1984) is a Polish

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

social activist and politician. She has been a member of the

Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ''Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej''), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the highest governing body of t ...

since 2019.

Political career

Between December 2015 and February 2019, Dziemianowicz-Bąk was a member of the National Board of the

Razem Left Together () is a left-wing political party in Poland. It was formed in 2015 as "Together", and it was one of the eight nationwide committees standing in the 2015 parliamentary election. It was a member of the Progressive International, a ...

(''Together'') party. She represented Razem in the

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European political movement founded in 2016 by a group of Europeans, including former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat. The movement was of ...

(DiEM25) pan-European organisation. In 2016,

Foreign Policy A State (polity), state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterall ...

magazine included Dziemianowicz-Bąk, together with

Barbara Nowacka Barbara Anna Nowacka (born 10 May 1975) is a Polish politician. A left activist in Labour United, and later in Your Movement, in October 2015 she became leader of the United Left coalition for the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, bringing tog ...

, on its annual list of the 100 most influential global thinkers for their role in organising the " black protest" against a total ban on

abortion in Poland Abortion in Poland is legal only in cases when the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act or when the woman's life or health is in danger. The last change in the Act on Pregnancy Planning of the Republic of Poland took place on 27 January 2021, ...

. In February 2019, she left the Razem party due to disagreements over party strategy in then-upcoming elections to the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

. In August 2019, she was elected to the Coordinating Collective of DiEM25. Dziemianowicz-Bąk was elected to the

on 13 October 2019, receiving 14,257 votes in the Wrocław district, campaigning from The Left list. Aside from protesting abortion laws, Dziemianowicz-Bąk has also been active in protests for LGBT rights. In September 2020, she won the Equality Crowns award for politics from

Campaign Against Homophobia Campaign Against Homophobia (actual name: ''Kampania Przeciw Homofobii'', abbreviation: ''KPH'') is a Polish gay rights organisation, which aims to promote legal and social equality for people outside the heteronorm. It was founded in Warsaw in Se ...

. She said that she wished such an award was not necessary.

References

1984 births Living people Left Together politicians Politicians from Wrocław Members of the Polish Sejm 2019–2023 Polish socialist feminists Women members of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland 21st-century Polish women politicians Polish abortion-rights activists LGBT rights activists from Poland {{Poland-bio-stub