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We support the Pomeranian Team for Women and the Pink Box campaign

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

Do you know that the Pomeranian Voivodeship Board has a Pomeranian Team for Women? This advisory and consultative body, chaired by Jolanta Szydłowska, President of the Management Board of the Gdańsk Foundation for Management Development, was established in 2021. Its creation is related to the implementation of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Development Strategy 2030, which assumes the promotion of equality and social inclusion of all inhabitants of the region, regardless of gender, race, religion, worldview and other factors.

 

The most important task of the Pomeranian Team for Women’s Empowerment is to raise public awareness of the equal treatment of women in terms of work, pay and career advancement. PZdsK monitors and analyses the needs related to equal professional and economic opportunities for women. Importantly, the team analyses the activity of organisations, local governments and other entities in the field of equality practices. It develops comprehensive information on the situation in the region in terms of equal rights for women and men, identifies barriers to be overcome, recommends systems for promoting equality practices and policies in this area. In addition, the team’s work involves establishing cooperation and exchanging good practices with other bodies and institutions conducting similar activities. More about the Team. Women…

 

In May this year. the team provided the Board of the Pomeranian Voivodeship with a list of issues and areas of significant importance for women and equality between women and men. The document called ” Cheat Sheet for Women” is a list of issues of key importance for a better life, safety and health for women and for equal rights for women and men.

 

In June 2023, the team presented recommendations to local authorities on actions to counteract menstrual exclusion. He also addressed his position to Pomeranian companies and institutions, thus supporting the m.in. colleagues from the Youth Assembly of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. We encourage you, our Residents, to join the simple but very important initiative, already known more widely as the “Pink Box”.

 

The first such box appeared in Wrocław at the end of 2019 at the local Women’s Rights Centre. Today, they are all over Poland, but there are still too few of them. Pink boxes filled with sanitary pads and tampons are a concrete help for women in this aspect of their physiology, which is still talked about half-heartedly or not talked about at all. There are at least several dozen of them in the Tri-City at the moment and more are still appearing. As part of its cooperation with UNICEF , Gdańsk has acquired over a thousand pink boxes, which can already be seen in schools and non-governmental organizations. You can find them in aid centres, clubs or cafes, in libraries, hospitals, clinics, museums (e.g. in Gdynia). Check out the map of pink boxes…

 

It’s time for us to check if we also have them in our companies and offices! It is worth getting involved in this action, because according to the first reports in Poland on Including. menstrual poverty, prepared for the Kulczyk Foundation:

  • one in five Polish women does not have money to buy hygiene products necessary for menstruation,
  • almost 40 per cent. Women from poorer households had to give up the purchase of hygiene products in favor of other expenses,
  • almost 60 per cent. students had to ask someone to buy tampons or sanitary pads because they didn’t have their own.
  • 21 percent. had to leave school/university to get hygiene products,
  • On the other hand, 10 per cent , due to the lack of tampons or sanitary pads, stayed at home.

Order a box

 

Download:

Opinion poll report on access to menstrual products in schools

Menstruation – a report from a qualitative and quantitative study

Period poverty: what is it and how to fight it? International report

Positions of the Pomeranian Team for Women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pinktober in Olivia. Tie a ribbon with us!

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

The first(s) win!

Around the world, October is recognized as Breast Cancer Awareness Monthpeople struggling with the disease. The distinctive pink ribbon, an international symbol of the fight against breast cancer, will illuminate Olivia Star’s façade on October 16 , the day of our event, and just after the European Breast Cancer Day. Once again, we want to remind the residents of the Tri-City about life-saving prevention. That’s not all. Once again, Olivia is involved in the ” First Ones Win” campaign, which is a grassroots initiative of amazing ladies – Natalia Cebula, Magdalena Pakmur, Ewa Opiela and Kamila Dymowska, who work for Energa, part of the ORLEN Group.

 

The project is substantively supported by the
Pink Butterfly Association
 and the
Breast Disease
 Center at the University Clinical Center. The campaign is part of Pinktober’s global campaign to promote breast cancer prevention, traditionally held in October. The aim of the “First Ones Win” campaign is to change the perception of breast cancer and the fear of the disease and its treatment, as well as to ensure that cancer is treated as a disease that can be prevented by regular check-ups.

 

The event was held under the media patronage of
Radio Gdańsk
. We are also supported by
Trojmiasto.pl.

 

Therefore, on behalf of us, Energa Volunteers, we would like to invite you, Dear Residents and Neighbors, on October 16 at 12:00 p.m. on Olivia’s patio. Just “Tie the ribbon with us!”

 

Let us know you’ll be

 

Tie a ribbon with us, or the Pink Ribbon

It is in fact a walk, a symbolic march with which we want to express solidarity and support for people affected by breast cancer. Among our Residents there are also oncological patients. Let’s show that we keep our fingers crossed for them and support them with warm thoughts!

 

This year, we will try to set the route in such a way that its course resembles the shape of a tied ribbon, hence the motto. The symbol of the ribbon, weather permitting, will be drawn on the patio by children from our White Kitten Olive Kindergarten.

 

Participants will receive a warm-up coffee from Santander, a sweet treat and “anti-stress” in the shape of a woman’s breast.

 

On the patio from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m . there will also be sA special tent that will house m.in. stations with phantoms, where you will be able to learn how to properly self-examine your breasts. There will be leaflets – a cheat sheet on how to get tested along with information on where to go for help.

 

At the end, as usual, we will take a souvenir photo.

 

Fig. Maciej Roszkowski, Pink Ribbon Run 2022

 

 

Join! | 16.10. | Olivia Centre patio | 12:00

And here let us know that you will

 

Breast cancer affects not only women, but also men, so we hope that men will also appear in large numbers at the starting line. Let’s remember that early detection of breast cancer gives a good chance of complete recovery. So it’s worth getting tested and, above all, don’t be afraid to face it!

 

That was the case a year ago. Let there be even more of us!

Organizers and partners of the action

 

Running Saturday is coming, choose something for yourself!

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

As you know, in Olivia #LaczyNasPasja, to run and to help. Ideally, one day, on Saturday 23 September, it will be possible to combine them. As Olivia, we support two excellent initiatives: the VI Charity Run Northern Helps and the III Ultras Oliwski.

 

  • If you run for relaxation, like to walk or ride a scooter and want to do something good, choose the VI Charity Run Northern Helps.
  • If you’re training for a marathon, breaking records, and loving trail running, sign up for III Ultras Oliwski. Running around joy.

 

VI Northern Charity Run Helps

 

This is the sixth time that the
Santander
 Foundation has organised a run for the Gdańsk Hospice Foundation. In the previous editions, 6875 people participated and we collected a total of 312 thousand. £. This year, we invite you to participate in two formulas: stationary and virtual.

 

VI Northern Charity Run It helps to run for respite. You can take part in it on your own feet – running or walking – on a bike, rollerblades or scooter… Do it the way you want and help build the
Respite Care Centre
 for family caregivers, which is being built in Gdańsk on the initiative of the Hospice Foundation. We start from Olivia Centre. We’re warming up on Olivia’s patio. Let’s do it! The goal is noble.

 

  • start at 11.00 a.m. from Work Cafe Santander Gdańsk (i.e. from the patio of Olivia Centre!)

 

Sign Up

 

 

III Ultras Oliwski: Around Joy

 

Ultras Oliwski is an ideal run for people who are preparing for marathons and mountain ultramarathons and for those who want to feel what trail running looks like. Just like last year, the route will run through the Oliwa Forests around the picturesque Valley of Joy. Two distances were prepared for the participants: 21 km and 10 km. There are also short runs for children. The aim of the organizers is to popularize running and integrate the local community of Gdańsk-Oliwa.

 

At the picturesque Mill Pond there will be a Runner’s Town. Participants and fans will be able to enjoy a number of attractions such as a common warm-up, games for children and teenagers, Garden Party Fest, Flea Market and a food court.

 

  • 10:00 a.m. – main race: distance around the half marathon
  • 10:10 a.m. – 10 km run
  • 10:15 a.m. -11:30 a.m. – children’s races

 

Sign Up

 

We tied the ribbon together!

Posted on by Katarzyna Halicka

We would like to thank you that despite the unfavorable weather, over 130 people took part in the Pink Ribbon Run, which we have been supporting for the third year. All this is part of the ‘ First Ones Win‘ campaign, the brainchild of which is Energa’s volunteers from the ORLEN Group. There was a theory of breast examination and practice on special phantoms – guidelines were given by Dr. Wojciech Smyk from the Breast Disease Clinic of the University of Silesia. There were balloons and anti-stress. There were also sweet treats, hot coffee and a souvenir photo.

 

The launch of the campaign took place on Monday 16 October, just after the European Day Against Breast Cancer, which fell the day before. Despite the strong wind and low temperature, the turnout was good. Nearly 150 people showed up at the appointed time on the patio of the Olivia Centre to show their support for women and men suffering from breast cancer. Among the participants were representatives of many companies residing in Olivia. What makes us happy is that there were many gentlemen at the start. Their share is gradually growing every year, which means that they are more and more aware of the fact that the problem related to the incidence of breast cancer also affects men.

 

Before the march, children from the White Kitten Non-Public Kindergarten were introduced to the idea of a pink ribbon initiated by Evelyn H. Lauder, one of the leading figures in the Estee Lauder Consortium, who herself struggled with breast cancer.

 

Buds, phantoms and butterfly wings

 

The motto of this year’s campaign was “Tie a ribbon with us”, i.e. walk with us on a route whose shape resembles the symbolic pink ribbon that accompanies Pinktober all over the world.

 

It all started punctually at. 12:00 p.m. from a short speech and a commemorative photo. Afterwards, participants with pink balloons marched along Olivia’s buildings. At the front of the march, apart from the organizers of the action, walked Lucyna Prądzyńska, struggling with breast cancer, who for the third time actively supported the whole project, telling her story of the disease and encouraging people to undergo preventive examinations.

 

In addition to the march, the participants eagerly approached the tent where employees of the University Clinical Centre, the Pink Butterfly Association and the Association of Future Midwives GUMED taught breast self-examination on several phantoms. It was also possible to seek medical advice and receive a leaflet with instructions on how to get tested and what to do if the disease is suspected. Crowning this educational process with a photo against the background of butterfly wings with the slogan “I’m healthy. I’m examining my breasts.”

 

The most “pink” participants of the march were awarded. They received unusual BREASTSsoaps, the purchase of which supports the @dotykamwygrywam foundation.

 

There was no sweet treat, as well as coffee, to which our Resident, Santander Bank Polska, invited us to the Work Cafe in Olivia

.

 

The pink ribbon symbol also lit up the façade of Olivia Star on October 16.

 

Strong support

 

The initiators of the action are volunteers from Energa SA –
Magdalena Pakmur, Natalia Cebula, Ewa Opiela
and
Kamila Dymowska.

 

From the very beginning, the project has been substantively supported by the Pink Butterfly Association and the Breast Disease Center at the University Clinical Center, whose representatives actively participated in the entire project.

 

The media patrons of the action were
Radio Gdańsk
 and
Tricity pl
. The campaign was financially supported by the
ORLEN Foundation
.

 

Fig. Maciej Roszkowski,
welovefoto.pl