Zuzana Števulová (born 1983) is a Slovak lawyer, lecturer and migrants' rights activist. She was the first Slovak to be given an

International Women of Courage Award The International Women of Courage Award, also referred to as the U.S. Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award, is an American award presented annually by the United States Department of State to women around the world who have ...

Life

Števulová was born in

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

in 1983. She is lecturer at the

University of Trnava The University of Trnava (in Trnava) ( sk, Trnavská univerzita v Trnave) is one of the oldest universities in Slovakia. It is based in Trnava, in the west of Slovakia. Historical university The original Jesuit university was founded in 1635 by ...

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

in Washington DC. She has won important cases to overturn refusals in Slovakia to grant

political asylum The right of asylum (sometimes called right of political asylum; ) is an ancient juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, like a second country or another ent ...

and to support the rights of the migrants in her country.Biographies
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stevulova, Zuzana 1983 births Living people Slovak activists Slovak women activists Recipients of the International Women of Courage Award Academic staff of the University of Trnava Slovak women lawyers 21st-century Slovak lawyers