Shekurie Ramazanova is a Non-Resident Fellow in the GGI Ukraine Programme. She graduated from the Kyiv Institute of International Relations with a specialisation in multilateral diplomacy and is currently pursuing a master's degree at Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs. Alongside this, she is pursuing her second bachelor’s in Ukrainian Law at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, and has spent a year as an exchange student at the University of Zurich.
Shekurie has experience in both law enforcement and international relations. She is currently undertaking an internship at the Center for Civil Liberties, a Ukrainian human rights organization and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Prior, she interned at the International Legal Cooperation Department of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and worked as a paralegal at the NGO "The Tenth of April", providing legal assistance to IDPs. Shekurie was among the interns of the First Parliamentary Summit of the Crimean Platform and the Paris Peace Forum. In 2022, the research paper "Distribution of Powers Between the Bodies of the National Territorial Autonomy of Crimean Tatars After the De-occupation of Crimea" in co-authorship with Shekurie won the academic essay competition of the Crimean Platform. Her work, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity, was also awarded first place in the essay contest held by the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine. Currently, as part of her studies in Paris, Shekurie is focusing on international development for strengthening democratic institutions.