In 1970, Labuda graduated from the Institute of Romance Philology at the University of Wrocław.[1] From 1970 to 1973, Labuda studied the history of literature, political science and sociology at the University of Paris.[1] She completed a doctorate in 1984.[1]
From 1973 until 1981, Labuda was an activist with the Polish Socialist Youth Union, and was also involved with the Workers' Defence Committee and the Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR.[1] In 1980, she also began to work with the Polish trade union Solidarity.[1]
In 1989, Labuda became a researcher at the Institute of Romance Philology at the University of Wrocław.[1] That year she was also elected to the Contract Sejm for the Solidarity Citizens' Committee.[1] She was elected again in 1991 and 1993 representing the Polish Democratic Union, and in 1994 she became a member of the Polish Freedom Union.[1] During this time she was the founder of the Parliamentary Group of Women.[1]
In 1996, Labuda became an undersecretary in the Chancellery of the President of Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, and in 1998 she became secretary of state.[1] From 2005 to 2010, Labuda was the Polish ambassador to Luxembourg.[2]
In 2019, Labuda headed the support committee for the Polish political party Spring.[3] In 2020, Labuda was a member of the Consultative Council.[4]
In 2004, Labuda was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour from the Government of France.[5] In 2011, she was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.[6]
In 2005, Labuda published the book Poszukiwania (Searches).[7]
