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Nika Kovac
Institute 8th of March / My Voice, My Choice / Democracy Hub
Founding director / Founding director / Executive director
Biography
Nika Kovač is the founding director of the Institute 8th of March, a movement-building organization that uses storytelling and advocacy to confront gender and economic inequalities across Slovenia. Commemorating International Women’s Day, which is celebrated annually on March 8th, the organisation works to break the silence around sexual violence by gathering testimonials and data on issues of rape, abortion, and sexual assault across the country, as well us brings juistice nationwide with numerous campaigns. She has led three national referendum campaigns and changed 15 laws in Slovenia.
Right now she's leading a pan-European campaign My Voice, My Choice advocating for safe and accessible abortion in Europe using the mechanism of European Citizens' Initiative. The campaign successfully collected more than 1 million signatures for the cause and mobilised thousands of people accross Europe. Nika is also the executive director of the Democracy Hub, an international organisation collecting innovative campaign practices and educating hundreds of activists worldwide.
She won numerous awards, among them Slovenian woman of the year and Personality of the year, she was an Obama scholar and Obama leader leader, as well as the Vital Voices Global Leadership honoree.
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