Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, MEP, is a Polish sociologist, cultural manager, social activist and politician, and Vice-President of Poland’s New Left (Nowa Lewica). Since 2024, she has been a Member of the European Parliament, where she serves as the S&D Group Coordinator in the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM). From 2023 to 2024, she served as Secretary of State at Poland’s Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Previously, she was a member of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) during its eighth and ninth terms.

Scheuring-Wielgus has served as Vice-President of Alphea and Co-Chair of the MEPs for Sexual and Reproductive Rights network since 2024. Through her cooperation with Alphea, she contributes to cross-party parliamentary advocacy, evidence-based policymaking and efforts to ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights remain a priority on the European political agenda. She has co-hosted many events in the European Parliament launching and presenting Alphea's research on contraception access, HPV prevention, abortion and the anti-gender movement.

Since joining the European Parliament in 2024, she has worked to advance SRHR through parliamentary activity, policy initiatives and advocacy. She has advocated for sustainable EU financing for civil society and rights-based programmes in her work on FEMM opinions concerning the EU’s long-term financial framework and annual budget. Her approach recognises the importance of predictable funding for civil society organisations working to advance equality and human rights, while promoting transparency and accountability in the allocation of EU resources. Her parliamentary work also encompasses the protection of sexual autonomy and the prevention of gender-based violence. In 2026, she became co-rapporteur, alongside Evin Incir, for the European Parliament report on the importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU, developed jointly by the LIBE and FEMM committees. Her work addresses the relationship between consent, sexual autonomy and effective protection from sexual violence. She has also been the shadow rapporteur for the European Parliament’s resolution endorsing the My Voice My Choice Citizens’ initiative – a landmark resolution on ensuring access to abortion services in Europe.