We will talk with Barbara Nowacka about Rafał Trzaskowski, the Civic Coalition’s candidate for president, the party’s activities in the final stretch before the first round of the election, and women in Polish politics. Barbara Nowacka is a feminist who declares herself a supporter of the right to abortion, as well as state-funded in vitro fertilisation also available to single women. She supports granting same-sex couples the right to adopt children.

Barbara Nowacka:

  • The war and division are very strong today.
  • The last five years under Andrzej Duda and PiS have shown that there is no place in Poland for people with different values.
  • Lynching various groups is not building a community.
  • Trzaskowski wants to seek dialogue, community and understanding.
  • The fundamental problems in every household are work, healthcare and children’s education.
  • During this campaign, we will meet with everyone, with residents of large cities and small towns.
  • We will talk about specific problems.
  • Being a local government official gives Rafał Trzaskowski enormous experience.
  • The money for building the Central Communication Port or the Vistula Spit canal could be redirected to local government investments.
  • I hope the time will come when a woman holds power.
  • The countries ruled by women coped best with the pandemic.
  • Trzaskowski uses the language of the new politics.
  • We know that we will not convince some people, such as those with a patriarchal family model.
  • Taking away some rights from women is meant to push them outside the scope of any other rights, and we do not accept that.
  • Shield 4.0 does not protect employees; it makes dismissals easier, especially dismissals of women.
  • Kaczyński wants to change abortion law. He wants to force women to carry pregnancies involving damaged fetuses to term.
  • PiS is still seeking an ideological war. They incite hostility against gay men and lesbians while people are losing their jobs.

In 2016, Barbara Nowacka was included in Foreign Policy magazine’s annual FP Top 100 Global Thinkers list, a ranking of the 100 most important intellectuals in the world. From 1993, Barbara Nowacka worked at the helpline run by the Federation for Women and Family Planning.