Draginja Nadażdin (born Nadaždin,[1] July 23, 1975) is a Serbian-Polish activist for human rights, and was the director of Amnesty International Poland (2007–2021).
Draginja Nadaždin | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 23, 1975 |
| Citizenship | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Occupation | activist for human rights |
| Spouse | Maciej Niedźwiecki |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | https://x.com/DNadazdin |
Early life
editDraginja Nadażdin was born into a Serbian family in Mostar in today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. Due to the outbreak of the Bosnian war in 1992, she had to leave Mostar at the age of 17.[2] She lived in Belgrade for two years. In 1994, she received a scholarship to study in Poland.[3] She graduated from the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Warsaw. She also studied at the Human Rights School of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, as well as the Leadership Academy for Poland.[4] She wrote a doctorate on the citizenship laws of former Yugosla states at the School of Social Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[5]
Among other things, she worked in the Polish humanitarian action.[6] In 2007, she became the director of Amnesty International Poland;[7] In 2015, she became part of the Regional Group overseeing artificial intelligence (AI) activities in Europe.[8] She left the position of director of AI Poland in September 2021.[9] From 2013 to 2016, she was a member of the Program Council of the Zachęta National Gallery.[4] She was also a member of the Social Council at the Ombudsman[10] and the Board of the National Federation of Non-Governmental Organizations in 2019.[11]
She has a daughter with her husband Maciej Niedźwiecki.[2]
Medals
editOn September 8, 2014, she was awarded the Golden Cross of Merit "for merits in activities for the development of civil society in Poland, for achievements in professional and social work undertaken for the benefit of the country".[1]
On July 15, 2021, she was awarded the honorary badge ‘For Merits in the Protection of Human Rights’ by Ombudsman Adam Bodnar.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 8 September 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Draginja Nadażdin. Kim jest Serbka, która kieruje Amnesty International w Polsce?". dziendobry.tvn.pl (in Polish). 31 October 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Mielczarek, Ewa (20 September 2020). "Draginja Nadaždin". Rozmowwa. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Draginja Nadażdin". Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich (in Polish). Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Ludzie sektora: Draginja Nadaždin". ngo.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Pawlicki, Jacek (22 June 2018). "Najczęściej myślę po polsku. Rozmowa z Draginją Nadażdin". Newsweek (in Polish). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "O nas". amnesty.org.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Prończuk, Monika (1 August 2018). "Nagonka na Amnesty International i Draginję Nadażdin. „Nie mogę krytykować rządu, bo jestem Serbką?"". oko.press (in Polish). Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Draginja Nadaždin odchodzi z funkcji dyrektorki Amnesty International Polska". amnesty.org.pl (in Polish). 12 July 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Nadaždin Draginja". Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Sprawozdanie Ogólnopolskiej Federacji Organizacji Pozarządowychz działalności w okresie 1 stycznia 2019 r. – 31 grudnia 2019 r." (PDF). ofop.eu (in Polish). 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Draginja Nadażdin odznaczona odznaką honorową "Za Zasługi dla Ochrony Praw Człowieka"". bip.brpo.gov.pl (in Polish). 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2023.