Dr.Jerca Legan Cvikl

Jerca Legan Cvikl is Slovene anthropologist, communication expert, publicist, philanthropist, actress and founder. She holds a PhD in philosophy and theory of visual culture and become a public figure due to her professional occupation(s). She has established herself as an investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of the print media, a reporter and editor at public television, as an university lecturer, event manager, sustainable tourism developer and later as a consultant for strategic communication in Slovenia and abroad. She is working in fields of strategic communications in public and private sector, media production and analysis, scientific research, film and commercial production, while running a variety of social responsible projects, locally and internationally. She is an author of five books and dozens of professional and scientific articles, and co-author of many other publicly presented papers. As an expert commentator she is often involved in public discussions on socially relevant issues in everyday life. She is also known as a committed philanthropist and a fighter for women's empowerment, which is why she founded the international women's organization Femmes Sans Frontières Foundation. Or as she says: "The world would be better and more beautiful place, if all women and men were fully respected and made equal decisions."