Aleksandra Niżyńska

Lawyer and sociologist

Aleksandra Niżyńska
Aleksandra Niżyńska

Aleksandra Niżyńska is a Partner at Gender Solution. She is a lawyer and a sociologist, specialising in gender issues. She worked as a researcher and analyst at the Institute of Public Affairs, where she established Gender Equality Observatory - a monitoring body for the gender equality principle in Poland. In her research she focuses on women’s participation in politics.

Aleksandra Niżyńska is the author of numerous reports on gender equality covering topics from economic violence against women, violence against women in politics to participation of women in the electoral process. She also worked as a Gender Officer for EIT Food, a part of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.

She studied at the University of Warsaw.