From a very young age, Francisco Arroyo Ceballos of basketball as well as other sports, and for a few was closely linked to sports, practicing many of them years I was federated competing in various teams and even being federated and competing in basketball always within that school environment. for a few years. I think that sport has always been a necessary tool The multidisciplinary nature of his work as an artist in my life, something necessary to escape and relax, (painting, sculpture, music, literature, international even in a certain way a source of inspiration. art critic...), with around one hundred and sixty ex- What other sports have you practiced? hibitions to his credit, work in more than thirty mu- Almost anyone which came to me. seums and institutions in twelve countries and about Of 800 and 3,000 meters races. Later, and always at thirty-four art and poetry books published to date as the same time as basketball, archery and swimming author or co-author are a substantial indication of his among others. professional development. We started this interview by asking, Why sport and when did you start practicing it? When I was older, I became interested of paddle ten- My beginnings in sport are as a child with my broth- nis, closely linked to the practice of Pilates and gym ers and at school. I remember that due to my hyper- sessions. active nature I spent the day running and playing. I Can you tell us about the importance of sport for you, competed with my brothers in everything we could in your daily life? think of to see who was better. I have to admit that I As I have already indicated, for me it is a source of es- have always been very competitive. cape and relaxation, it is of fundamental importance At school I had the opportunity to discover the world because it helps me feel good, to assume the rest of Freancisco with his art
Freancisco with his art of my daily tasks with greater impetus and motiva- tion. The “culture of sport” has always helped me and I consider it a fundamental pillar. As a curiosity I´d like to comment on a mania that I have the habit of doing 20 or 30 minutes of exercise just before going to sleep, whatever time it is and wherever I am. Many times I have been asked if this does not make me active or I cannot sleep but, contrary to what it might seem, it helps me to rest better. I think that each age has or leads us to the practice of a certain sport/s. I also really like to walk fast. With- out a doubt, along with swimming, it is one of the things that feels better. Finally, any advice regarding this topic of exercise and sport? The best advice that comes to mind is to indicate that each age has a specific sport, a form of exercise that suits you. Sometimes I see elderly people who force their bodies a lot and that is not good. You have to self-learn and make sure of what each body needs, since each person is different. I want to verify the nec- essary thing of the same one and to have constancy in its practice.
WOMAN IN WATER AND SANITATION NETWORK The interview by Diana Kicia with Ulrike Kelm, Chair of Woman in Water & Sanitation Network (WWSN). Former Communication Manager from Interna- tional Water Association and Communication and Media Expert from United Nations UN-Water. Could you please tell us more about yourself? you are moving around the spheres. That is a very I have been working for the international water sector typical position for a communicator. You have access for quite a while, starting in the German Development to everybody, because you do top-down, down top Cooperation sector and then covered a broad range of communication, you do internal and external com- topics, mainly working in the field of communication munication. Being a communicator is a very female so I say that I work in a met sphere in a water sector. job as observed in all communication departments of I am not an engineer working on the ground, I am not organizations. For communication roles applications a person doing a political decision I am just in be- more women are applying but if there is a director tween these two spheres, the practitioners, the theory, role suddenly more men apply so it is a funny thing to and the decision-makers. So this is what I have been observe. working with for the past two decades already. Do you observe that women do not dare to apply to As you have been working earlier for global organiza- director positions are they somehow limited? tions within the water sector what roles of women do I would not say that I apply to these kinds of positions you observe around the world? based on my expertise, this is my personal experi- In general, you find women everywhere but the more ence. So I just cannot see why they cannot do it. on the top you get the more male representation is Woman’s role in Water uses to be the last subject un- there, all you can pick up some outstanding women. der many conferences do you know why? There are spheres where you see more women work- I think if look around the gender aspect, there are two ing than man other spheres you can see more men channels, one is employees working for the water sec- working than women. So in the water sector is very tor for paid jobs for the professional career and then broad, we have a technical engineering sector but there is another part looking for their household and also soft skills like for example client service for water their private life. So while in business life you tend to operator. They are different areas for men and wom- look more into male paid jobs than in the private life en. I had one director who comments “You know one the water sector is completely dominated by women needs to do boring jobs” and he referred to a whole because they care for the households you see it in a department where the young women were working different culture around the World. Women and girls there was no a single male even an intern. I might say are also responsible for food and family health. when it comes to low pay jobs in offices it is complete- Collecting water in many countries is a women’s main ly the women’s area, when it comes to better-paid responsibility, what is your opinion about that, what jobs or in key positions it’s more likely to meet a man. “She empowers” means for you? When you come to the meeting where you have sales She empowers is a slogan of my organization a Wom- from the big companies, tech companies, water oper- an in Water and Sanitation Network. Here it means ators, decision-makers from private, public sector, or the life motive of the organization because we are a even NGOs suddenly you are surrounded by suit and network of professional women in the sector and we ties, and you see very few women. I think that’s very want to empower women to work, stay in the sector significant for the sector. and fulfill their professional dreams of the carrier What kind of challenges did you have as a commu- they aim to have. We are focusing on women working nication and media manager within these organiza- for paid jobs in the sector. tions? You are always in between different topics related to the mission of the company or the organization, so
When and how the idea about Woman in Water & come this kind of challenge which one can meet in all Sanitation started? cultures over the globe. It started in 2019 with different colleagues from the We had an opportunity to join two of your webinars, sector, different conferences, and projects, we worked how often do you plan conferences in WWSN? together internationally, we joined organizations and WWSN is a very young network as mentioned we we found the idea of exchanging, talking together, started in 2019 and we are still in a formalizing pro- meeting, giving tips. Usually, when People work in cess, the pandemic year 2020 canceled all our plans. professional life they want advice on how to proceed We needed to reschedule professional, private plans in the carrier. How to develop or negotiate and it’s and network activities. So in 2021, we are starting nice to have similar like-minded capacity People again we have just kicked off working groups that may be facing similar obstacles. We found out that help to fulfill the goals and mission of our network. we were all from different continents and countries It is all volunteering work; we have a secretariat who around the globe and have the same interest. So works 100% for the network, we have a group of first it was just a group of peers and then we say let’s volunteers who spend their private time working for found the kind of network and make more formal us, so this is why we need different groups working on and invite others because we found that there was a different aspects of the network to make it proceed. high demand mostly of younger generation women One of the significant aspects is networking and we to meet and to talk and we made like the opposite of have in the pipeline several online meetings because what the men have who have boy’s clubs. We are good we cannot do physical, to make it possible to meet friends, peers, colleagues and it is very in reaching and share knowledge and another type is to organize atmosphere because you learn a lot from others, you inspirational webinars with women who talking their get inspirations, you can observe how they handle stories about what they do in their professional lives, challenges, what goals others have and you can also how this impact on their lives, what obstacles they see possibilities companies what you can ask for. find, and this is now about one subject of the water, Sometimes you don’t know what you can ask for and that is about the whole person we look at. That is a this is what the network is for, to empower every very inspirational, amazing network of profession- single woman that is in our network and to fulfill her al women. We have also in our pipeline mentorship dreams professional-wise. program so this will be a program in cooperation with There are many water-related organizations and net- other organizations within the sector. Our slogan is works, what is unique about yours, what is the main to network not only within individuals but also other goal of your WWSN, and how big is your team? organizations in the sector because we are not com- Yes, there are many water organizations, associations, petitors. We have in the end the same course to have and networks. Some People join many at the same access to clean water and sanitation for everybody time because they want to find a niche here and a around the world. niche there, some work only for scientific purposes, Do you think that the younger generation would be others work with political decision-makers to influ- able to improve the automated access to clean drink- ence political processes. Our network is for a woman ing water in dry areas of Africa? to improve their capacity to overcome the obstacles, I am always very positive because I met many amaz- to reach out to each other and to build a strong work- ing high qualified People from Africa working within force around the globe. the sector but Africa is a big continent with so many Who is your biggest idol and support in creating this different countries and cultures, I cannot speak for WWSN, who would you wish as stakeholders? Africa but I know our members who have in WWSN, To be honest I do not have a real idol as a person, for they work hard, they see the opportunities of what me is more as an idea, for someone free to choose the to do there but it is still a lot to do, the typical water way they want to grow and to now be weak by societal sector problem too much, too little or too polluted. limitations because this is what many women face, There is a big challenge of sanitation, managing san- real difficulties like for example age discrimination itation, having safely manage safe water from house- after women taking care of her children and getting holds, from industry, or agriculture. This is basic and older, when she is fifty years old, some organization it’s repeating itself all over the World in Asia, Africa, does not want to hire her. So I wish to have a strong the Americas, and also even in Europe. All think that workforce of women who support each other to over Europe has old water challenges solved but we have
still areas with difficult sanitation situations or even difficult safe water. 1,3 People around the globe does not have access to safe water it is quite many. 2 of 5 People do not have a basic handwashing facility and we have to face a pandemic year with one of the main responsibility of handwashing tools. So it is a lot to do. People study a lot, we have the internet, there is a capability to easier develop, connect and find solu- tions. Is there anything you would like to add? I am always extremely impressed when I see people working in the sector, they all work for the goal. I met one older colleague who was closed to retirement he told me that he never experienced a midlife crisis because he always founds fulfillment in working hard while doing this job and you can observe it in every- body working for the water and sanitation sector no matter what role is that in the laboratory doing mi- crobiological research on wastewater or selling water to People or if they negotiate with governments toilets and public building I think everybody knows what they do, why they do it, and working for the goals is extremely fulfilling, they love to have meaning while they do something when they work and I see it re- flected in a water sector. I am always amazed by these people because they do it with passion. Here you can read more about WWSN http://wwsn. org/
ARTISTIC BALLROOM EUROPEAN CHAM- PIONSHIP WARSAW, POLAND 2021 The European Championship took place on the 9-10th of October in San- gate Hotel organized by Agata Kozioł from Paso Dance Academy. Design- er Magazine had the opportunity to join this event and participant. We had dancers in different disciplines like Caribean, Latin, Standard, Ar- tistic ballroom from the whole Europe and judges from Czech Republic, Poland, France, Greece, Slovakia, and Sweden. Fotoska, Formations
Fotoska, Artistic Ballroom Standard Solo,
This championship was under the World Artistic Ball- room Federation which exists since 2013 and is led by president Nils-Håkan Caltzon from Sweden. Nils created his first dance school Nerikes in 1963 and has been also President of the International Dance Orga- nization for 9 years and a Vice President in the World Dance Council for 14 years. Paso Academy put enormous effort to organize this competition, everything was well prepared. We have seen them working at night to get into the schedule to start on time, however, sometimes our dancer’s disci- pline might be a little bit late on the floor which in the end can delay competition. We could watch strong tournaments in different “DANCE YOUR styles. The Artistic ballroom is similar to Standard HEART OUT”, and Latin dancing with the difference of using more upper body and more focus on performance than KRISTINA MOSHENSKAYA traditional strict technique focused ballroom dancing. In both one can develop parallel different skills as it WORLD CHAMPION LATIN 2021 happens that some technique-focused dancers don’t dare to show up their authenticity in performance while participating in traditional competition. So both styles are an advantage to develop unique skills and share charisma. Another very exciting part was also shows conducted by different age groups, couples, solos. The variety of possibility to attend in different age and disciplines categories makes this competition flourish. On top of all disciplines, we were mostly impressed by formations synchronized beautifully choreographed sessions like Paso Academy or Costa Latina and clubs from Russia. We could also watch dancers from a new AirDance Academy Warsaw and Tyresö Dance club from Stock- holm. It was fascinating to see all united. The music and atmosphere were amazing and the audience did the most effort. It was such a pleasure to watch this positive and reciprocated connection when the dancer/artist can catch the audience’s full atten- tion and support. This creates special energy and an unforgettable experience. When one leaves this kind of competition realizes how much important are the moments we create in life. When you dance “Dance your heart out” –Kristina Moshenskaya-World Champion Latin 2021
Diana Kicia with Niels-Håkan Carlzon, the President Diana Kicia with Agata Koziol the owner of Paso of World Artistic Dance Federation Dance Academy and competition organizer Fotoska, Latin Couples.
“ENRICH WOMEN’S LIFE” MARY KAY
Eva Lena Gullberg, Independent Consultant for Mary Kay, “It´s up to you” Jag heter Eva-Lena Gullberg, 57 år. Min familj består av min man Mikael, och barnen Mikaela 25 och Max 21 år. Vi bor i en villa strax utanför Stockholm. Att bli framröstad av sina Mary Kay kollegor till Miss Mary Kay Ash ville att alla kvinnor skulle få mö- Go Giwe är den mest ärofyllda titeln som man kan få jligheten att arbeta, utvecklas och bygga sin egen inom Mary Kay. Året var 2019. business för att försörja sig och stå på egna ben. Innan du började arbeta med Mary Kay, vad arbetade Produktsortimentet består av mer än 300 produkter du med då? inom hudvård, såväl för kvinnor som män och make- Jag arbetar idag deltid med min Mary Kay business, up. och heltid som Golvkonsult mot föreskrivande led dvs Produkterna är dermatologiskt och kliniskt testade, Arkitekter och beställare. och utvecklade för att ge goda resultat utan att påver- I grunden har jag en undersköterskeutbildning och ka miljön negativt. har också arbetat som det. Ett arbete som innebär Vad innebär ”Berika kvinnors liv”? omvårdnad omhändertagande och personlig kontakt. Berika kvinnors liv, innebär att vi som konsulter Den biten saknar jag enormt, men i mitt arbete med hjälper kvinnor med personligt anpassad hudvård Mary Kay så möter jag många människor, framförallt och makeup som ger en känsla välmående, såväl på kvinnor som jag kan hjälpa att hitta rätt hudvård och utsidan som på insidan. det ger mig den bit jag saknar. I mitt Mary Kay kan Har du en önska att du vill något mer i livet, kan du jag även dela med mig av möjligheten till andra att även ta det till nästa nivå och bli en av oss i det globa- göra det jag gör. la nätverk som Mary Kay idag är med över 3 miljoner Berätta vad är Mary Kay, företaget och vilka produk- konsulter på 35 marknader runt om i världen. ter arbetar ni med. Kvinnor får utbildning inom hudvård, entre- Mary Kay grundades av en kvinna 1963 som heter prenörskap samt utvecklas inom ledarskap och en Mary Kay Ash. personlig utveckling. Bestämma över din egen tid, Hon var en framgångsrik försäljare och lärde upp och om du önskar kan du klättra på karriärstegen där många manliga kollegor till duktiga säljare. inga vassa armbågar finns utan enbart godhjärtade Mary Kay Ash blev aldrig befordrad p.ga att hon var och hjälpande kollegor. Jag själv har fått en enorm kvinna och ensamstående med 3 små barn. När en personlig utveckling och kunskaper som jag inte haft av hennes adepter ännu en gång blev befordrad och utan Mary Kay. Vilket jag är oerhört tacksam för, denna gång skulle bli hennes chef fick hon nog och sa det hjälper och stärker mig även i andra situationer i upp sig. livet. Hon började då skriva på en bok, och den handlade Varje prestation stor eller liten, börjar i ditt sinne om hur hon ville att ett företag skulle drivas. Den “vilka är dina prestationer? boken är grunden till marknadsplanen som gäller än Mitt mål med min Mary Kay business har ändrats un- idag, 57 år senare. der de 6 år som jag haft Mary Kay som deltidsarbete. Mary Kay är ett av världens största Direktförsäljande Från att få en förändring i min dåvarande situation företag inom hudvård och makeup. (2015) till att idag se möjligheten att påverka andra
Eval Lena Winner of Miss Go Giwe 2019 Make up session with a client Mary Kay Gala
kvinnors liv positivt och att jag i framtiden ska kunna i hemmet, detta har företaget fortsatt med ända se- leva det liv jag önskar. dan dess. Jag har en tydlig målbild inom mig, vilket jag tycker Donationer görs även till cancerforskningen för att alla människor bör ha. Min stora målbild nu är att cancersjukdomar som i första hand drabbar kvinnor. ”Äga mitt liv och min tid”. Några gånger under året ger Mary Kay ut specialut- Att se andra människors utveckling är en fin presta- gåvor ar Mary Kay-produkter ”Beauty that Counts”. tion som jag känner mig delaktig i genom att jag gett För dessa produkter skänker man en summa pengar dem möjligheten. till cancerforskningen. Detta sker i hela Mary kay- Hur ser Mary Kay företaget ut i Norden? Vilka kontor världen och tillsammans bidrar vi till att hjälpa mån- finns? ga av världens kvinnor och barn som är drabbade av 1992 introducerades Mary Kay i Norden genom Les- cancer. För mig är detta stort, att genom mitt avtal ley Cosmetics AB, som idag servar konsulter i Sverige, med Mary Kay också bidra till att företaget donerar Norge och Finland från sitt huvudkontor i Mölndal pengar till dessa godhjärtade ändamål. Under alla år strax utanför Göteborg. Där finns b.la Marknadssup- har Mary Kay bidragit med över 730.000 miljoner port, produktkunskap och kundtjänst och lager, cirka kronor till cancerforskningen. 50 personer arbetar där. Produkterna tillverkas i egna Mary Kays globala tillverkningsanläggning i Dallas är fabriker i USA. Varje konsult är fristående med eget ledande inom avfallsminskning. Fyra anläggningar avtal, och jobbar utifrån riktlinjer från det. I Norden drivs med 100% förnybar energi och företaget har finns cirka 20.000 fristående konsulter. ett omfattande återvinningsprogram. En miljon träd Mary Kay använder sig av 100% Nöjdhetsgaranti, ni har också planterats runt om i världen som en del av säger att kundsäkerhet är första prioritet, hur funger- Mary Kays insats för hållbar utveckling. ar det? Under den här Corona pandemin, har du som konsult Vi konsulter arbetar utifrån kundens behov, vårt jobb fått ändrade förhållningsregler. Hur har du lyckats är att ta reda på vilken typ av produkt och rutin kund- fortsätta med ditt arbete? en önskar. Vi arbetar med huden, som är vårt största När Pandemin slog till i Sverige tror jag att de flesta organ och som ska skydda de inre organen. Vi är alla konsulter för Mary Kay fick lite halvpanik, eftersom vi olika, och kunden måste få möjlighet att prova pro- fram tills då jobbat med fysiska hudvårdsklasser och dukterna innan hen bestämmer sig för om hen önskar personliga träffar med kunder. Det infördes hårda köpa dem. Det är en trygghet för både kunden och restriktioner, att man inte fick träffas som tidigare. mig som konsult. Vi arbetar efter modellen 2-2-2 vilket betyder att dag Nu arbetar vi med ett modernt och vaket företag 2, kontaktar vi kunden för att lyssna att hon kommit så omställningen till att arbeta digitalt gick snabbt. igång med produkterna. 2 veckor efter – följer vi upp Lesley Cosmetics AB ändrade samtliga möten till och hör så att allt känns bra. 2 månader senare, följer digitala träffar. Stora som små, från 2-3 personer till vi upp igen för att säkerställa att 100% nöjdhetsga- flera tusen där vi under normalt omständigheter b.la rantin ska fungera. Har kunden fått önskat och mö- färgar Scandinavium i Göteborg rosa så har vi i min- jligt resultat? Är kunden inte nöjd byter vi till annan dre grupper runt om i Norden färgat våra hem och produkt eller pengarna tillbaka. Det är en av fördelar- studios i ett rosa skimmer fyllt av kärlek. na med att ha en personlig hudvårdskonsult. Lesley Cosmetics AB har också utbildat oss i digitala Ni är också involverad i humanitärt arbete/dona- färdigheter så istället för att stå still och känna van- tioner indirekt genom ditt arbete inom Mary Kay, makt har vi ökat vår närvaro och kontakt med kunder Mary Kay Foundation som också har en speciell serie under pandemiperioden. Vi kan dessutom träffa av produkter. Berätta mer. kunder som bor längre ifrån oss när vi ses digitalt. Redan från start 1963 arbetade Mary Kay Ash med Provmaterial skickas med postleverans och därefter donationer till kvinnor och barn som utsatts för våld träffar vi kunderna online och genomför våra hud- vårdsklasser och makeupvisningar.
”I truly believe that women can do anything in this world that they want to do” -MARY KAY ASH
WHITE EAGLE AMONG VIKNGS REVIEWS OF THE BOOK, AUTHOR DIANA KICIA Cover Mats Hjertkvist, Photos: Michael Bingmert and Arash Kicia “Behind each person, there is a story to tell, a lesson to teach and a dream to share”.
This is a story about a Polish proud woman catholic Her gratitude, which she shows at every step to the who was born in north Poland during communism. world and people, was born out of many suffering and A child who remembers staying in the lines to buy hard experiences. food on special coupons. A heartbroken little girl who I recommend this book to anyone who would like to cannot continue her dream to learn dance because find motivation and believe that the unattainable does of economic reasons. A student who experienced not exist, and our success depends only on hard work hunger while her father was suffering from cancer and our positive attitude. and at the same time she has been bullied at school. /Karolina Figueiredo A crazy teenager playing handball and falling in love A touching story about human fate, about how differ- with a handsome famous Persian wrestler. A young ent difficult times and limited opportunities would immigrant who suddenly lost her husband during take away from many people their hopes for a better her pregnancy in the first year of living in Sweden. A tomorrow … but not her … brave heroine, a good, human who needed to adapt parallel to different cul- more modestly brave girl who took her life into her tures Swedish and Persian in dramatic circumstances own hands after a great tragedy that hit her. breaking quickly language barriers. A mother with A story about the diversity of cultures and young two roles at home mother’s and father’s, who strug- people who are madly in love with each other, whose gles to raise a boy with some support from his uncle. relationship has gone a steadfast path to understand- The story about a strong, ambitious, and determined ing and acceptance. person who tries to understand the difficulties of A story that the power of love can be above everything other’s life, when she has a tuff time on her own to and everyone. About the power of the bond between find solutions. A woman who is extremely thankful mother and son for supporting her and motivates others to do not A story about helping another human being, which give up. She loves people and her work as a volunteer, sharing gives a person a sense of fulfillment. traveling, and dancing. A regular mortal who makes A story about the ups and downs that experience us mistakes just like each of us, full of charisma and and allow us to be stronger and smarter. life drive. If you look at her today, you would never A story of love which, when tragedy bears it, leaves a “guess” what she went through. Often when she meets fruit in the world that becomes its strength a new person she does not talk about her life experi- A tale of destiny…. because each of us has her way, ences, she lets them get to know her first. each of us forges his fate, nothing will do itself, you REVIEWS have to work hard for your success, for your happi- When I think of Diana, I see an independent, profes- ness, for love, for a successful relationship. sionally realized, strong woman, a wonderful mother, A story about a strong need for development and- and a beautiful dancer. A person with a heart of gold self-improvement, which turns into a passion. who is always available to listen to loved ones and A story about respect for your neighbor. help. The heroine gives us an example of how you can live, A warrior who is ready to go to the fire behind her how to benefit from life how faith, hope, and love can friends and who is constantly fighting for a better to- change everything in your life morrow, supporting sustainable development projects I highly recommend the story of Diana’s fate and and charity campaigns. Diana is a female institution dreams. and to be honest, I think that each day of her proba- /Marzena Baranowska bly lasts about 48 hours. I was very happy when Diana announced that she was writing a book about her life. I was so drawn by the book that I read it in one afternoon. Thanks to the reading, I was able to understand why there is so much humility, cheerfulness, and hope for a better tomorrow in Diana. Diana is carrying the baggage of many experiences that I had no idea about.
Photo: Mieszko Tyszkiewicz. Book premiere at Ogniwo Polish Association in Stockholm
Book premiere with ProformArt artist assiociation in Stockholm
Paolo Bosco and Joanne Kristy Clifton 2013 WDSF
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