During the World Economic Forum in Davos, the TVN Foundation hosted a discussion panel on philanthropy organized as part of the international World Woman Davos Agenda conference, dedicated to women's leadership. – We want to expand the view of women's participation in building a better world – said the president of the TVN Foundation Zuzanna Lewandowska.
The president of the TVN Foundation Zuzanna Lewandowska talked in Davos with outstanding representatives of global philanthropic organizations: Carolina Muller-Mohl, founder of Muller-Mohl Foundation, Laura Herrick, director of the American Wayfarer Foundation and Michael Fritz from the global organization Viva Con Agua.
The discussion concerned the role of philanthropy in building global sustainable development and in eliminating disproportion in the participation of women and men in this process.
“The most important is the system change”
– The subject of the World Woman Davos Agenda conference is equality and how women can co -create the world at present and in the future. The TVN Foundation was a hostess of a discussion panel about philanthropy, where we talked with global philanthropy leaders, people who set up their own foundations and run them all over the world – said Zuzanna Lewandowska.
– As a media partner of this event, we want to bring to Poland and expand the view of women's leadership and women's participation in building a better world – she added.
She reminded that the motto of the TVN Foundation is “we are building a healthier world”. – But he will never be healthier or better without women. And we want to take care of it here. And we are glad that the TVN Foundation, as well as our entire company is part of it – she noted.
In her opinion, the most important is the systemic change, which must lead to cultural change so that stereotypes functioning about the roles of women and men cease to exist. – You need to replace them with such models of social cooperation that are open to men and women. We have to do it together. Women cannot win their way to equality themselves, men must help them in this – said Lewandowska.
Financing initiatives for women remains limited
According to reports of the World Economic Forum with a global gender equality rate and global philanthropy, targeted investments in activities supporting the strengthening of women's position can significantly speed up global economic and social progress.
Current analyzes indicate that the closing of the global sex gap could increase the world GDP by $ 12 trillion until 2025. Unfortunately, financing initiatives for women remains limited – only 1.6 percent. global philanthropic funds are allocated to promoting gender equality. Focusing on strategic and high -range investments can help reduce these differences and create permanent, positive changes.
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About the TVN Foundation
The TVN Foundation is one of the largest and oldest philanthropic organizations in Poland. He has been supporting Polish health care for 23 years. During this time, she was involved in many charity projects, including financed over 20 hospital departments in Poland, as well as the construction of several specialized institutions, including the Center for Psychiatry and Oncology at the Children's Health Center.
The Foundation helps the excluded health care and supports medical facilities and is involved in promoting health care in Poland – also the mental health of children and youth as well as women's health. In 2024, the TVN Foundation took the patronage of the “Fashion for research” program Top – Initiative to reduce women's mortality due to cancer, such as cervical cancer and breast cancer.
During its entire activity, the TVN Foundation donated over PLN 350 million for social purposes.