Nadia Oleszczuk
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Nadia Oleszczuk | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 2000  |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Activist |
| Known for | member of Polish Consultative Council[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Jan Oleszczuk-Zygmuntowski |
Nadia Oleszczuk is an activist in Poland who became a founding member of the Consultative Council created on 1 November 2020 in the context of the October–November 2020 Polish protests.[2][1] Oleszczuk's role in the Council covers workers' rights issues including workforce casualisation[3] and wages for housework.[4]
Oleszczuk was a member of the XIIIth sitting of the Polish Parliament of Children and Youth. In September 2017, she was chosen as the Lubusz Voivodeship representative on the Ministry of Education's Children and Youth Council of the Polish Republic.[5] Oleszczuk attended the Stanisław Staszic Lyceum (high school) in Rzepin, studying her final year during the 2018/2019 academic year.[6][7]
Activism
In August 2020, Oleszczuk signed the appeal of students and faculty of the University of Warsaw objecting to the closing of the main gate of the university that had occurred when police attacked protestors during the August 2020 LGBT protests in Poland.[8]
In October 2020, Oleszczuk became a member of the youth committee of the Trade Union Alternative (Polish: Związkowa Alternatywa).[9]
During the 2022 Ukrainian refugee crisis that occurred as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Oleszczuk was programme coordinator and president of the youth section of UNI Global Union's Polish affiliate All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions KP. She stated that many Ukrainian women refugees in Poland needed help to negotiate with employers to obtain their rights under Polish labour law.[10]
In 2022, Oleszczuk was classified as a finalist in Forbes' "25 under 25" ranking for social activists.[11]