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Yoga for livet · Birgitte Lange

A good leader must be able to show vulnerability

16 December 2022 · In Norwegian

Birgitte Lange, secretary general of Save the Children Norway

Birgitte Lange is secretary general of Save the Children Norway (Redd Barna) and now also a newly trained yoga teacher. She wants to fight violence against children and child poverty, in Norway and in the rest of the world.

"Many children do not get the childhood they should have had, in Norway too," she says, pointing out that poverty often leads to loneliness, bullying and less participation at school.

"Many experience violence, and I think some of the former addicts I meet from Back in the Ring here at Nøsen may have grown up in conditions like that."

Well into adulthood she trained as a yoga teacher, and she believes more focus on breath, calm and vulnerability also makes her a better leader.

Host: Birgitte Gjestvang. Sound and music: Thomas Prado Lamo Lokøen.

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