Specialist in gynecology and obstetrics at the Department of Obstetrics, Perinatology, Gynecology and Reproduction at the Medical University of Warsaw. International activist for women’s rights. Involved in global and local projects to improve medical standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), Doctors Without Borders and the United Nations. Representative of the Polish Society of Gynecologists…
Pedagogue, currently participating in training in psychotraumatology. Since 2021, a humanitarian worker involved in activities for refugees staying in Poland, including on the Polish-Belarusian border. Supports minor refugees in orphanages and care and educational facilities. Since 2024, she has been cooperating with an open center for foreigners in Białystok, providing care to people from vulnerable…
For years, I have been working to support people with migration and refugee experience. As a migrant, I understand the challenges faced by people coming to Poland perfectly well, which is why my mission is to facilitate integration, learning and finding one’s way in a new society. I am the president of the Tandem Association…
In 2024, our organization carried out a project titled “Designing and Offering Meaningful Help to the Survivors of Wartime Rape on the Territory of Poland.” One of its components was the creation of a comparative study on international standards for supporting survivors of sexual violence in armed conflict and how these standards are implemented in…
In July 2024, together with Tomasz Słomczyński and the TVN24 team, the Polish Center for Torture Survivors filmed stories of survivors. Our heroines from Sema Ukraine shared their traumatic experiences during the war in Ukraine. The link to the materials is below. We invite you to explore this important piece. During the interviews, Alina Zubenko…
The website of our organization Polish Center for Torture Survivors has been enriched with a search engine. Thanks to it, people seeking help after war trauma will be able to easily find organizations providing this help in the territory of the Republic of Poland. Covering the costs of launching a search engine on our website…
On October 25, 2024, representatives from the Mazovian Branch of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption in Warsaw, the Polish National Police Headquarters, and the Internal Security Agency participated in training on the methodology of conducting interviews with survivors of torture and wartime rape. The training was led by Dr. Wiola Rebecka and Izabela…
Our work in 2024 and spreading our Center’s expertise is possible thanks to the grant of Minority Rights Group. Minority Rights Group Europe (MRGE), along with PILnet, has partnered together on the MARIO programme to build a supportive environment for grassroots Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) engaged in the promotion and protection of EU values across…
On 24 May 2024 in Warsaw psychotraumatologist Izabela Trybus and barrister Aleksandra Nędzi-Marek of the Polish Center for Torture Survivors (pcts.org.pl) attended a 5-hour long hearing of a tortured person who gave their testimony in Polish State Prosecutor’s Office. The testimony was prepared and taken in a pioneer way according to international legal and mental…
We celebrated International Women’s Day at the Siberia Memorial Museum with Siberian and Ukrainian women. This is our next cooperation and we are very happy about it. We wish all women strength, courage, freedom and safety. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/muzeumpamiecisybiru