As the full-fledged war in Ukraine entered its’ second year, addressing the needs and priorities of women and girls remains paramount. Women account for 61% of those displaced by May 2023 and out of the 17.5 million people in need of assistance, 56% are women and girls.1 Women’s civil society organisations (CSOs) working across Ukraine continue to highlight the urgent needs of women and girls and how the war is disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable populations. The UN Women Ukraine Strategic Note for 2023 is in line with the priorities of the UN Transitional Framework for 2023 and has been developed in close consultation with women’s CSOs and government counterparts. This brief provides an update on UN Women’s contributions to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in Ukraine, during the first half of 2023.

Policy Brief: A Gender Responsive Recovery for Ukraine: Introduction

The Concluding Observations include recommendations to Ukraine to enhance implementation and protection of the rights of women and girls, including living in affected by war in Ukraine areas and internally displaced women, access to justice, education, health care, employment, economic and social benefits. 

Women and men, girls and boys have been deeply impacted by the escalation of war in Ukraine in 2022, causing an immediate humanitarian crisis and massive disruption to peace efforts. Ukraine has become one of the world’s most complex emergencies, and the crisis presents severe gendered challenges, including worsening inequalities and discrimination, compounded vulnerabilities and disproportionate violence affecting women and girls.

This publication provides analytical conclusions and recommendations for state authorities on gender and human rights mainstreaming into different areas of humanitarian response in Ukraine.

This publication provides data and analytical conclusions for the implementation of a comprehensive gender equality and human rights-based approach at all stages of the regional policy cycle - from the analysis of basic gender indicators for policy development to its implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

The “Practices within Safe Cities for Women and Girls programming in Ukraine to inspire further action” compilation of good practices reflecting various approaches used by UN Women and its partners in implementing the Safe Cities for Women and Girls programme in Ukraine was developed in the framework of the United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme (UN RPP). The United Nations Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme (UN RPP) is being implemented by four United Nations agencies: the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

This study generates research and evidence on needs and priorities of young women affected by war broken out as a result of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. It is aimed at facilitating advocacy initiatives for young women to voice their concerns and demands. The study is developed by UN Women Ukraine together with NGO Internews Ukraine.

This report is based on a survey of displacement patterns, needs and intentions commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with UN Women. Face-to-face surveys were conducted by trained enumerators from CBS-AXA Research at entry, exit, transit points and accommodation centres with Ukrainian refugees and third-country nationals.

The Rapid Gender Analysis seeks to draw attention to the gender dynamics in the war in Ukraine—both preexisting and emerging—and draws out recommendations for humanitarian leadership, actors and donors to ensure consideration of the gendered dimensions of risk, vulnerability and capabilities in response and preparedness to this crisis.

This report is based on a survey of displacement patterns, needs and intentions commissioned by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with UN Women.

This factsheet provides up-to-date data about the demographic profiles of refugees from Ukraine hosted by the Republic of Moldova.

Since the beginning of the Russian military invasion in Ukraine, women’s groups and civil society organizations have been quick to react to the immediate priorities of their communities, but face many challenges as they attempt to provide support to large numbers of internally displaced people, host-communities and those directly affected by violence and insecurity. UN Women has conducted a rapid survey to help inform the decision-making of national and international stakeholders, and advocate for the support of civil society during the war.

This publication presents data and insights about the perceptions of male and female roles in society, employment and leadership, household and family, gender-based violence, sexual relationships and reproductive health in the Eastern Partnership countries and provides recommendations for future programming.

The first-ever International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Ukraine’s security sector was conducted by UN Women Ukraine and Promundo-US from February 2019 to December 2020 at the initiative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to explore gender and masculinity within the Ukrainian security sector to further inform the development of policies that promote gender equality in the agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

The Guidelines highlight fundamental theory and instructional techniques for integrating gender approaches into the educational process of higher education institutions in Ukraine’s security and defense sector; cover the essence, structure, content, forms and methods of gender component implementation in various daily activities; offer a unified approach to gender equality and provides useful practical recommendations for teachers, specialists, scientists and a wide range of experts in the security and defense sector.

This report on the proceedings of the global conference “Gender-inclusive peace processes: Strengthening women’s meaningful participation through constituency building” explores current challenges, best practices, and recommendations on how best to leverage the practice of constituency building to further gender-inclusive peace.

This manual includes methodological recommendations for local authorities and civil society activists from the cities and communities which are planning to conduct safety audits and adopt targeted programmes on preventing and combating sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces in an evidence-based manner.

This guidelines explore the possibilities for the localization process of UNSCR 1325. The localization of UNSCR 1325 and the supporting women, peace and security resolution as well as costing and budgeting local and national action plans could significantly contribute to eliminating gaps in implementation.

The Gender Statistics Toolkit aims to enhance the understanding and production of gender statistics, and support the integration of a gender perspective into the national statistical system. It aims to increase the availability and quality of official gender statistics in Ukraine that will be used for policy planning, monitoring and reporting. It is designed primarily to assist statisticians working in the statistical units, at central and regional office, but can be also useful for all statisticians and data officers, researchers and analysts.