Chair, Czech Women Lobby, Director, Fórum 50 %, Czech Republic
Jana studied Political Science in Leiden, The Netherlands. She´s been working in the field of gender equality since 2005. As a member and later chair of Commission on equal representation of women and men in politics she cooperated on drafting a law proposal introducing electoral quotas. In 2010 Forum 50 % ran a successful campaign to support women in the elections resulting in election of 14 women MPs by using preferential votes. Jana is member of Council for Equality between Women and Men and former board member of European Women´s Lobby. Since 2016 she is chairing Czech Women´s Lobby, a network of 30 NGOs supporting women´s rights.
motto: If women are not included in decision making, it is like looking at the world with only one eye open.
