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“For my business, winter with blackouts is a disastrous time,” said Iryna Fishchuk. “Blackouts also create moral pressure,” she said, describing how her generators are not capable of running the bakery’s ovens during extended power outages.
Olena Stryzhak is the Head of the Board of the NGO “Positive Women”, an activist and human rights advocate for women living with HIV in Ukraine. In 2000, when she was pregnant, Olena was diagnosed with HIV. But two years later, she became an activist and began helping other HIV-positive women go through this journey more easily.
This report presents the results of a study on the impact of the full-scale war in Ukraine on women living with HIV. The report describes how the war has affected the employment, economic, and property status of women living with HIV, how it has impacted their health, and the challenges women have faced in raising children, family planning, accessing HIV services, and seeking help.
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On 3 December 2024, UN Women in Ukraine, with the support of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, held the Women's Economic Empowerment Congress (WEE Congress) to promote responsible European integration and Ukraine's recovery.
