Ute Bock (27 June 1942 – 19 January 2018)[1][2] was an Austrian educator who was known for her projects helping asylum seekers.

After high school graduation, she applied for a job at the municipality of Vienna and could start working as an educator.

Afterwards, she started working for the youth care center Zohmanngasse in the Viennese district Favoriten and in 1976, she was appointed as its director.

[1][2] In 1999, during a raid on her centre, about 30 young Africans were arrested for drug trafficking under the controversial "Operation Spring".

[2] In December 2013 she suffered from a stroke and was unable to be as active as she had been before, which led her NGO into financial difficulties.