[6] In the same year, she was awarded a scholarship from the Legal Fellowship Program and attended the International Women's Human Rights Clinic at the City University of New York.

In 2012, she defended a doctoral thesis on legal aspects of preventing domestic violence, with a focus on isolating perpetrators from victims.

[3][8] From 2002 to 2005, she worked in the Secretariat of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Status of Women and Men, when this function was held by Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka.

Since September 2024, she is a fellow with Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars think tank, reaserching in online violence against women.

[24] On the occasion of the 16 Days, she twice sent a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, drawing attention to the problem of violence against women and indicating preventive and assistance legal and non-legal measures that should be considered by the European Commission.

[34] During the equality march in Szczecin in 2022, Spurek stated that "a decent person, every politician should stand here – where respect and acceptance are".

[36][37] In March 2024, together with multiple experts, Spurek appealed to the Minister of National Education Barbara Nowacka to introduce elements of environmental science, animal rights and sustainable development into school curricula and textbooks.

Spurek's open letter to the Mayor of Wrocław, Jacek Sutryk, and the Rector of the University of Economics in Wrocław, Prof. Andrzej Kaleta, was supported by, among others, the Canadian Ambassador to Poland, Catherine Godin, founder of the "Różowa Skrzyneczka" Foundation, Adrianna Klimaszewska, Prof. Maria Wanda Kopertyńska, Joanna Kuciel-Frydryszak, Dr. Aleksandra Przegalińska, and Olga Tokarczuk.

[49] As part of the FEMM and LIBE committees, she actively worked for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the European Union.

[51] In 2020, together with Terry Reintke, she sent a letter to the Polish authorities, calling for dialogue and listening to the demands of protesters against the restriction of the right to abortion.

[55] She is the author of the "5 for the plant-based industry" proposal, which provides: a ban on advertising meat, milk, eggs; elimination of funds for the promotion of these products; establishment of a fund for the promotion of veganism; classes "Climate and animal rights" from kindergarten; 0% VAT on meat, milk and egg substitutes.

[65] Referring to research from Spain, where new regulations take into account the needs of domestic violence victims who care for animals, Spurek has drawn up and proposed solutions in this respect for the EU Directive.

In January 2024, Spurek asked Prime Minister Donald Tusk to change the position of the Polish government in the European Council, because the government of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki had previously openly opposed both Article 5 and the entire draft Directive.

[72][73] Referring to this criticism, Sylwia Spurek said in an interview: I often say that I do not belittle the harm of any of the victims, I am aware that various groups, including men, experience domestic violence.

Spurek criticized Ursula von der Leyen in 2021 for her lack of action towards the Istanbul Convention being ratified by the European Union.

[28] In 2020, she praised the initiative of the Law and Justice government, which introduced a police order for the perpetrator of violence to leave the joint tenancy.

[77] She openly criticized the European Commission, including Commissioner Dalli, for lack of initiative on the protection of reproductive rights and for unwillingness to change her competences.

[79] In 2020, she criticized the actions of the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Poland Mikołaj Pawlak, after the decision to remove the topic of contraception from school textbooks.

[80] Spurek criticized Donald Tusk's declarations when he promised that if the Civic Coalition won the parliamentary elections in 2023, it would guarantee legal access to abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy after the patient”s consultation with a doctor.

The MEP maintained that her post was only intended to provoke reflection on animal rights,[83] but that accusations of anti-Semitism and relativising human suffering appeared in the media.

[84][85][86][87][88][89] Sylwia Spurek responded to the accusations by referring to a quote from Isaac Singer:[90] The contentment with which man can do whatever he likes with other species illustrates the most extreme racist theories, the principle that the stronger are allowed to do anything.

[91] When in 2019 reports of illegal and extremely inhumane animal experiments in the LPT laboratory near Hamburg came to light, Spurek began working with NGOs to clarify the situation.

On this occasion, she criticized the lack of reaction of the Commissioner for Children's Rights, Mikołaj Pawlak, stressing that contact with the killing and suffering of animals has a negative impact on the psychological development in minors.

[97] In 2022, she supported the appeal of non-governmental organizations against the construction of a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, pointing to its harmfulness to the ecosystem of the Białowieża Forest.

She openly criticises the actions of the European Commission, especially the Farm to Fork Strategy, believing it to be insufficient in the face of the 21st century climate crisis.

[104] Spurek stated that the Law and Justice party (PiS) used a strategy to demonize refugees during its campaign in the 2015 parliamentary elections.

In a speech at the plenary session in Strasbourg, she thanked the NGOs present on the ground and stressed that she considered the Commission to be ineffective.

[106] During a debate on Russia's aggression against Ukraine in the European Parliament in March 2022, she stressed that the EU's borders should be open to people fleeing war.

[107] In May 2022, together with other MEPs, she sent a question to the European Commission asking for information on what assistance is provided to refugees from Ukraine with disabilities.

[112] In 2024, Sylwia Spurek was nominated for the of Woman of the Year award as part of the global Vegan Women Summit event taking place in May 2024 in Los Angeles, USA.