Dorota Łoboda

Dorota Łoboda (born 1975[3]) is an educational rights activist in Poland. She was a leader of the Families Against Education Reform movement (Polish: Rodzice Przeciwko Reformie Edukacji) that opposed the reform of the Polish education system in 2016–2018[1] and a member of the Consultative Council created during the October 2020 Polish protests.[4][2]

Dorota Łoboda
Born1975 Edit this on Wikidata (age 48)
Alma mater
Known foractivism in Polish educational system,[1] member of Polish Consultative Council[2]

Childhood and early career

Dorota Łoboda (born 1975 (1975)[3]) graduated from the University of Warsaw. Łoboda worked from 1997 to 2006 as a teacher in a private school and as an exhibition organiser at the Ujazdowski Castle Modern Art Centre.[5]

Activist and political career

2016–2018 PiS education reforms
Dorota Loboda (left).
Dorota Łoboda during a demonstration in Warsaw.

The reform of the Polish education system in 2016–2018 under the Law and Justice (PiS) government of Poland shifted from a 6+3+3–year (primary plus junior-high plus senior-high) schooling system to an 8+4–year (primary plus high) school system. Łoboda was a leader of the Families Against Education Reform movement (Polish: Rodzice Przeciwko Reformie Edukacji) that opposed the PiS reforms.[1]

In March 2017, Łoboda planned a protest in front of the Warsaw building of the Ministry of Education in which parents planned to bring tyres. The plan was "not to burn the tyres like miners do [in their protests]", while symbolising that the protestors had earlier "been polite" and that the scale of the protest was growing. Łoboda described the 10 March 2017 school strike, in which some schools had only ten percent attendance by pupils, as a sign of the strength of opposition to the reform plans.[6]

Łoboda was the vice-president of a committee that collected signatures calling for a referendum on the proposed reform.[1] The referendum petition collected 910,000 signatures.[7] The referendum petition was rejected by PiS, which refused Łoboda a chance to present the referendum project to the Sejm, the Polish lower house of parliament.[1]

On 7 June 2018, Łoboda became a member of the Board of the Foundation of Families Have a Voice (Polish: Fundacja Rodzice Mają Głos), based in Warsaw.[3]

Warsaw Council 2018–2023

Łoboda was elected as a member of the Warsaw City Council with a mandate for the years 2018–2023, in the Civic Coalition group.[5]

2020 Consultative Council

Łoboda was one of the founding members of the Consultative Council created on 1 November 2020 during the October 2020 Polish protests.[4][2]

References
  1. "Weźmy na siebie odpowiedzialność. Dorota Łoboda odpowiada na 'plan dla opozycji w 13 punktach'" [We're taking on responsibility ourselves. Dorota Łoboda talks about the 'opposition plan in 13 points']. OKO.press (in Polish). 2017-12-27. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  2. "Rada konsultacyjna Strajku Kobiet przedstawiła swój skład i pierwsze postulaty" [The Consultative Council of the Women's Strike presented its composition and first demands]. Onet.pl (in Polish). 2020-11-01. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  3. "Dane osoby: Łoboda Dorota, 45 lat (ur. 1975)" [Personal data: Łoboda Dorota, 45 years old (born 1975)]. Infoveriti (in Polish). 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  4. Karwowska, Anita; Paś, Waldemar (2020-10-27). "Dymisja rządu i Julii Przyłębskiej. Czego jeszcze żąda Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet? Co się wydarzy w środę 28 października?" [Government and Julia Przyłębska to resign. What else does All-Poland Women's Strike want? What will happen on Wednesday 28 October?]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  5. "Dorota Łoboda Radna m.st. Warszawy" [Dorota Łoboda Council member of the city of the capital Warsaw]. Warsaw City Council (in Polish). 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  6. "'Chcemy pokazać, że grzeczni już byliśmy' - rodzice szykują opony na protest przed MEN" ['We weant to show that we were already polite' - families prepare tyres for a protest in front of the Ministry of Education]. Tok FM (in Polish). 2017-03-23. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  7. Dworak, Katarzyna; Głogowski, Paweł (2017-04-20). "Liczymy, że minister Zalewska wysłucha głosu 910 tys. obywateli - w 3x3 o referendum edukacyjnym" [We're counting on minister Zalewska to listen to 910 thousand citizens calling for an education referendum]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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