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'''Ewa Wojkowska''', a Polish-Australian [[social entrepreneur]], is co-founder & [[Chief operating officer]] of [[Kopernik (organization)|Kopernik]],<ref>[http://kopernik.info/team/ewa-wojkowska Ewa Wojkowska profile]</ref> a non-profit organization based in [[Indonesia]] that connects simple technology with people in remote communities.<ref>{{cite news |author=Armando Siahaan |coauthors= |title=NGO Kopernik Brings Innovative Ideas in Aid Work to Indonesia |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/ngo-kopernik-brings-innovative-ideas-in-aid-work-to-indonesia/ |quote= |pages= |work=Jakarta Globe |location= |date=Feb 28, 2010 |accessdate=2014-08-19 }}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Wojkowska was born in [[Poland]] and migrated to Australia in 1984, after her father, an activist and a leader in the [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)]] resistance movement, was threatened. Her family sought and received asylum in [[Canberra, Australia]].<ref>[https://www.ashoka.org/fellow/ewa-wojkowska Ewa Wojkowska]</ref><ref>[http://www.australiaunlimited.com/society/a-passion-for-change Australia Unlimited]</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Wojkowska initially joined the [[United Nations]] in 2000 as a United Nations Volunteer <ref>Working to bridge the development divide through technology, [http://www.unv.org/en/current-highlight/unv-empowering-women-and-girls-in-ict/doc/working-to-bridge-the.html UN Volunteers]</ref> and worked in the remote enclave of Oecusse, [[East Timor]] as a field officer. |
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Wojkowska managed the Human Rights and Justice programme for the [[United Nations Development Programme]] in Indonesia.<ref>[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAWJUSTINST/Resources/EwaWojkowska.pdf Doing Justice: How informal justice systems can contribute]</ref> In this role she designed and implemented programs to improve Indonesians’ access to justice and legal empowerment.<ref>[http://www.idlo.org/Documents/Legal_Empowerment_Practitioners_Perspectives_Book.pdf Legal Empowerment Perspectives Book]</ref><ref>[http://www.undp.or.id/pubs/docs/Access%20to%20Justice.pdf UNDP- Access to Justice in Aceh]</ref><ref>[http://www.undp.or.id/pubs/docs/Justice%20for%20All_.pdf UNDP-Justice for All?]</ref> |
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Wojkowska is the co-founder and COO of [[Kopernik (organization)|Kopernik]], a non-profit organization based in [[Indonesia]] that connects simple technology with remote communities. Wojkowska and [[Toshihiro (Toshi) Nakamura]] launched Kopernik in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Working to bridge the development divide through technology |url=http://www.unv.org/en/current-highlight/unv-empowering-women-and-girls-in-ict/doc/working-to-bridge-the.html |quote= |pages= |work=United Nations Volunteers Organization |location= |date=May 17, 2012 |accessdate=2014-08-19 }}</ref><ref>[http://kopernik.info/page/about-us Kopernik]</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Trisha Sertori |coauthors= |title=Simple technologies, changing |
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lives |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/08/01/simple-technologies-changing-lives.html |quote= |pages= |work=Jakarta Post |location= |date=August 01 2013 |accessdate=2014-08-19 }}</ref> |
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Wojkowska has been a speaker at conferences including [[TEDxWarsaw]] (2011),<ref>Ewa Wojkowska & Toshi Nakamura at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKunpLN57OU TEDxWarsaw]</ref> TEDxJakarta (2011),<ref>Ewa Wojkowska at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXBSoC0KvA TEDxJakarta]</ref> Emerge Conference at [[Oxford University]] (2013),<ref>Ewa Wojkowska - [http://emergeconference.co.uk/portfolio/ewa-wojkowska/ profile at Emerge]</ref> and Entrepreneurial Women in Leadership (2014).<ref>[http://www.entrepreneurial-women-in-leadership.com.au/ Ewa Wojkowska at]</ref> |
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==Awards== |
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*[[Ashoka Fellow]]<ref>Ewa Wojkowska [https://www.ashoka.org/fellow/ewa-wojkowska Ashoka Fellow profile]</ref> |
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*Ashoka ChangemakeHER<ref>[http://www.changemakers.com/blog/ewa-wojkowska-stop-dreaming-and-put-your-money-where Ewa Wojkowska: Stop dreaming and put your money where your mouth is!, Ashoka ChangeMakeHER]</ref> |
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*[[Asia Society]] Asia 21 Young Leader<ref>[http://sites.asiasociety.org/asia21summit/asia-21/asia-society-announces-2013-asia-21-young-leader-awardees/2013/11/07/ Asia Society Announces 2013 Asia 21 Young Leader Awardees]</ref> |
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*[[Rutgers University]] Social Entrepreneur of the Year<ref>[http://kopernik.info/update/rutgers-university-names-ewa-social-entrepreneur-of-the-year]</ref> |
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==Publications== |
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*{{cite report |author=Ewa Wojkowska |title=Doing Justice: How Informal Justice Systems can Contribute |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |date=December 2006 |url=http://ru.unrol.org/files/UNDP%20DoingJusticeEwaWojkowska130307.pdf |authormask=1}} |
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*{{cite book |author=Ewa Wojkowska |author2=Johanna Cunningham |editor=Stephen Golub |chapter=Justice reform's new frontier: engaging with customary systems to legally empower the poor |title=Legal Empowerment:Practitioners' Perspectives |pages=93-111 |publisher=International Development Law Organization |date=2010 |url=http://www.idlo.org/publications/legal_empowerment_practitioners_perspectives_book.pdf#page=94 |isbn=978-88-96155-03-5 |authormask=1}} |
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==References== |
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==External Readings== |
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*[[Kopernik (organization)|Kopernik]] official website [http://kopernik.info Official Website] |
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==Further reading== |
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*Q&A with Kopernik’s Ewa Wojkowska: Bringing Life Changing Technology to Emerging Markets, The New Global Citizien (http://newglobalcitizen.com/impact-and-innovation/qa-ewa-wojkowska-kopernik) |
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* Gazeta.pl [http://next.gazeta.pl/next/1,114699,9690432,Wynalazcy_walcza_z_bieda.html] |
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*Subsidizing Impact [http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/subsidizing_impact] |
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