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Kinga Łozińska

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Kinga Łozińska
Born1961 Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationActivist Edit this on Wikidata
Known forKOD activist,[1] founding member of Consultative Council[2]

Kinga Łozińska is a Polish activist. As of 2020, she was the Mazovian representative of the Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD)[1] and a vice-president of KOD.[3] On 1 November 2020 she became a founding member of the Consultative Council that was established in the context of the October 2020 Polish protests.[4][2]

Childhood and education

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Łozińska graduated with a degree in ethnography at the Jagiellonian University.[5]

Management career

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Łozińska started a business career in 1992. As of 2019, she was on the control board of the Green Caffe Nero.[5] As of 2020, Łozińska is the chief executive officer of a professional mobility service for medical professionals, Paragona.[6] Łozińska argues that formal mobility laws in the European Union are not sufficient in themselves due to the practical need to learn local languages and medical management procedures.[7][8]

Activism

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Kinga Łozińska - third from the left - while singing Ode to Joy in Warsaw (2023).

In September 2020, Łozińska was elected as the Mazovian representative of the Committee for the Defence of Democracy (KOD)[1] and became one of the two vice-presidents of KOD.[3] Actions that she took in the name of KOD included a December 2018 protest in front of the Hungarian embassy objecting to a new Hungarian law that allowed employers to force workers to work overtime.[9]

On 1 November 2020, Łozińska became one of the founding members of the Consultative Council that was created in the context of the October 2020 Polish protests.[4][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "KOD wybrał nowego przewodniczącego" [KOD chose a new leader]. Polsat (in Polish). 2020-09-27. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  2. ^ a b c "Rada konsultacyjna Strajku Kobiet przedstawiła swój skład i pierwsze postulaty" [The Consultative Council of the Women's Strike presented its composition and first demands]. Onet.pl (in Polish). 2020-11-01. Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  3. ^ a b "Zarząd Główny Stowarzyszenia KOD" [Central Board of the Association KOD]. Committee for the Defence of Democracy (in Polish). 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  4. ^ a b Karwowska, Anita; Paś, Waldemar (2020-10-27). "Dymisja rządu i Julii Przyłębskiej. Czego jeszcze żąda Ogólnopolski Strajk Kobiet? Co się wydarzy w środę 28 października?" [Government and Julia Przyłębska to resign. What else does All-Poland Women's Strike want? What will happen on Wednesday 28 October?]. Gazeta Wyborcza (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  5. ^ a b "W dniu 21 maja w zaciszu Saskiej Kępy w siedzibie galerii Le Guern odbyły się obrady I edycji Warszawskiego Maratonu Fotograficznego" [On 21 May in the Le Guern Gallery in Saska Kępa the first edition of the Warsaw Photographic Marathon was held]. Warszawski Maraton Fotograficzny (in Polish). 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  6. ^ "paragona – About us". Paragona. 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  7. ^ "Paragona a inaugurat un campus pentru formarea medicilor din Uniunea Europeană care doresc să lucreze în străinătate" [Paragona inaugurated a campus for European Union medical professionals wishing to work internationally]. Health (in Romanian). 2019-06-06. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  8. ^ "Agencija Paragona otvorila kampus za edukaciju liječnika iz EU za rad u inozemstvu" [Paragona opened a campus for educating EU doctors to work in other countries]. Ordinacija.hr (in Croatian). 2019-06-08. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  9. ^ "Mają rozmach! KOD zorganizował protest przed ambasadą Węgier: 'Wytrwajcie, walczcie o swoje prawa'" [What energy! KOD organised a protest in front of the Hungarian embassy: 'Stand fast, fight for your rights']. wPolityce.pl (in Polish). 2018-12-20. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-04.