INFLUENTIAL SLOVAK WOMEN

UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000062 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR S/WE - SASHA MEHRA AND GERDA LANE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KWMN PHUM PREL LO SUBJECT: INFLUENTIAL SLOVAK WOMEN REF: 06 STATE 202341 ¶1. Five outstanding and influential women in Slovakia are: Iveta Radicova, PhD sphere: politics Member of Parliament Vice Chair of SDKU (Slovak Democratic and Christian Union) political party Former Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, and Family bio: www.sdkuonline.sk/volby2006/003 radicova.shtml (in Slovak only) email: iveta radicova@nrsr.sk tel: 421-903-250-249 (cell) tel: 421-2-4341-4102 (SDKU headquarters) mailing address: Ustredna kancelaria SDKU Ruzinovska 28 827 35 Bratislava Slovakia Zlatica Puskarova sphere: media Moderator of "Na telo" political talkshow and reporter for TV Markiza email: puskarova@markiza.sk tel: 421-904-700-101 (cell) tel: 421-2-6827-4111 (TV Markiza offices) mailing address: TV Markiza Bratislavska 1A 843 56 Bratislava 48 Slovakia Elena Kohutikova, PhD sphere: business Member of the board of directors of VUB Bank Former Vice Governor for euro adoption of the Slovak central bank bio: www.vub.sk/EN/show.asp?document=1323 (in English) tel: 421-2-5055-1111 (VUB offices) mailing address: Vseobecne uverova banka Mlynske Nivy 1 829 90 Bratislava 25 Slovakia Eva Siracka, MUDr., DrSc. sphere: civil society President of League Against Cancer, an NGO active amongst civil society to keep NGO funding alive email: lpr@lpr.sk tel: 421-2-5292-1735 (League Against Cancer offices) mailing address: Liga proti rakovine Spitalska 21 812 32 Bratislava Slovakia Martina Moravcova sphere: athletics, positive celebrity role model Swimmer, 2-time Olympic silver medalist, world champion record holder Spokeswoman for various charitable causes bio: www.martinamoravcova.com (in English) contact via her Dallas-based attorney: Martin Valko, tel: (214) 559-7202, email: mvalko@ashmorelaw.com mailing address: c/o Ashmore Law Offices, 3636 Maple Avenue, Dallas TX 75219 ¶2. Post POC on women's issues is Political Officer Tanya Spencer. She can be reached at spencertk@state.gov or tel. 421-2-5922-3277. VALLEE