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8 March is International Women’s Day, a day of advocacy for women’s rights. In the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion, this date in Ukraine carries not a symbolic meaning, but a very concrete one. For Ukrainian women, it is about the right to safety, justice for survivors, and action, meaning access to essential services and the ability to rebuild their lives amid war.
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When prolonged electricity outages followed targeted attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, cities and villages across the country were plunged into darkness, with heating and water supplies repeatedly disrupted.
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Нью-Йорк, 4 березня 2026 року – Напередодні 8 березня 2026 року, у Міжнародний день боротьби за права жінок, ООН Жінки застерегає: системи правосуддя, покликані захищати права та верховенство права, не захищають жінок і дівчат у всьому світі. Жінки в усьому світі мають лише 64% юридичних прав чоловіків, що наражає їх на дискримінацію, насильство та виключення на кожному етапі їхнього життя.
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As a result of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine remains one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world. More than one-fifth of its territory, approximately 139,000 km², is potentially mined. Humanitarian demining is essential for saving people’s lives, enabling the safe return of displaced people, restoring agricultural land, and accelerating economic recovery. At the same time, the sector faces an acute workforce gap, requiring thousands of additional trained specialists.
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Four years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA5) released today by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank Group, the European Commission, and the United Nations currently estimates that as of 31 December 2025, the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine is almost $588 billion (over €500 billion) over the next decade, which is nearly 3 times the estimated nominal GDP of Ukraine for 2025.
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The beginning of January was marked by extremely low temperatures and Russia’s largest attacks targeting critical energy infrastructure, resulting in prolonged, nationwide blackouts across Ukraine. In Dnipropetrovsk region alone, more than 800,000 consumers were left without electricity, and in Dnipro the loss of power triggered disruptions to water supply, heating, and communications.
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Since autumn 2025, prolonged power outages have once again become part of everyday life in many Ukrainian cities. In early 2026, the situation escalated further: after the Russian Armed Forces mass attacks on energy infrastructure in the southern regions, some communities were left without electricity, heating and water supply for long hours and days.
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Since autumn 2025, prolonged power outages have once again become part of everyday life in many Ukrainian cities and rural communities. In early 2026, the situation deteriorated further. January began with extreme cold and the Russian Armed Forces’ largest attacks on critical energy infrastructure, resulting in nationwide blackouts. For women from vulnerable groups, including women with disabilities, single mothers, Roma women, and women living with HIV, a blackout is not only an inconvenience. Darkness and the loss of electricity can quickly turn into direct threats to safety, health, and dignity.
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Remarks by UN Women Representative in Ukraine Sabine Freizer Gunes to the UN Geneva press briefing
20 February 2026 | UN Women Representative Sabine Freizer Gunes
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Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 5,000 women and girls have been killed and 14,000 injured, and the real toll likely far higher. As the war in Ukraine intensifies and energy attacks cripple daily life, a third crisis is tightening its grip on women and girls: collapsing funding for women-led and women’s rights organizations, the very lifeline keeping women and girls alive, protected, and supported.
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UN Women Connect 2026, the fourth annual event convened by UN Women Ukraine, brought together more than 60 women-led and women’s rights civil society organizations, partners, and representatives of donor countries to take stock of progress, discuss key challenges, and set priorities for cooperation in 2026.
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The public organization INSCIENCE and the Cedos Analytical Center, with the support of UN Women in Ukraine, conducted a comprehensive study on the experiences of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) within the framework of the programme “EU for Gender Equality: Together Against Gender Stereotypes and Gender-Based Violence,” funded by the European Union. The aim of the research was to identify the factors that motivate female students and women scientists in STEM fields to pursue a scientific career or to leave it.
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Kyiv – 04 February 2026 Today, the European Union (EU) and UN Women Ukraine have signed a project agreement to establish the Gender Equality Facility (GEF), marking an important step in supporting Ukraine’s recovery in line with European and United Nations values and standards. The ceremony took place in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka, the Ambassador of the EU to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová, UN Women Deputy Executive Director, Kirsi Madi, UN Ukraine Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Matthias Schmale, and UN Women’s Representative in Ukraine, Sabine Freizer Gunes.
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TRACES, a documentary film by Ukrainian director Alisa Kovalenko, co-directed by Marysia Nikitiuk, has been selected for Panorama Dokumente at the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), which will take place from 12 to 22 February 2026. The world premiere on such a prominent international platform aims to draw global attention to the issue of conflict-related sexual violence during Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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UN Women Ukraine invites proposals from qualified Responsible Parties to support the implementation of the first Public Cohort of the UN Women AI School. The pilot responds to growing needs in women's access to practical AI skills, digital safety, and participation amid Ukraine's accelerated digital transformation during war and recovery.
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In Ukraine, the profession of truck driver has long remained almost exclusively male. At the same time, a shortage of personnel in logistics, changes in the labor market, and demand for equal access to professions are opening new opportunities. The She Drives project supports women who have decided to pursue a career in freight transport by providing access to training, obtaining a Code 95 endorsement, and joining a professional community.
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine divided the life of Alla Kysliuk into a clear “before” and “after.” Alla Kysliuk is 47 years old. She has always been surrounded by a large and loving family: two sons, a devoted husband with whom they have shared their lives for 28 years, and her parents. In the picturesque village of Mylove, Kherson region, a woman was raising her children and developing educational initiatives. With the outbreak of the war, she was forced to become an internally displaced women, losing her home but not her strength, faith, or love for her profession.
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Olha Zota is the co-founder and CEO of “UkraineRobotics,” a Ukrainian engineering start-up developing innovative hexapod robots that blend creativity with cutting-edge technology. Emerging from a 3D-printing experiment during the pandemic, her flagship model “KULYA” has become a symbol of resilience and ingenuity amid the challenges of war. A passionate STEM advocate, she works to inspire more girls and women to pursue careers in science, technology and engineering while challenging gender stereotypes in the tech sector.
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Since 2015, UN Women Ukraine has placed women and girls at the heart of decision-making and humanitarian response during the country’s most significant security challenges. Ukraine’s continued development and implementation of National Action Plans for UNSCR 1325—uniquely during active conflict—demonstrates determined leadership in advancing the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda. Key achievements include localization of the WPS agenda at the community level, pioneering survivor-centered approaches to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), the Alliance for Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Recovery, gender-responsive reforms in the security sector.
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For Svitlana Shevchenko from Zaporizhzhia, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine became a test in which her physical endurance and psychological resilience are tested daily. However, participation in the mental recovery program “ReStart of Consciousness 2025”, implemented by the NGO “Impact Force” with the technical support of UN Women Ukraine and funding from the UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), became a point of support for her during these difficult times.