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‘The idea was my husband’s. We position ourselves as 'producers of cheese from happy cows’ milk.' The cows in the Hutsul region graze freely; they roam wherever they like, eat fresh grass and are supplemented only with pure hay without additives. From this milk, we craft our cheese. Here, in Shepit village, most people in the area had a tradition of keeping cows. We decided that this tradition was worth preserving, so we started buying milk from local residents...
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Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WROs) in Ukraine have been severely impacted by funding suspensions by the United States (U.S.), a new survey by UN Women, the Apparatus of the Government Commissioner for Gender Equality Policy of Ukraine, and the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, reveals.
UN Women calls for more direct, flexible, and long-term funding to women’s rights organizations to ensure life-saving programs for women and girls to meet sudden funding gaps.
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‘By profession, I am a math and physics teacher and worked in the city. However, I always dreamed of owning a house in a village. In 1998 or 1999, I came across the concept of rural green tourism in Ukraine. It fascinated me, so I began attending conferences and talking to people who already had experience in this field. I realized it could become an exciting hobby for me...
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The She Media School for Women's Leadership has announced a new call for applications for the 2025 program. The application form can be filled in until March 25. The educational program is aimed at improving management and communication skills, which will be taught in theoretical and practical sessions over three months in offline and online formats.
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‘The idea emerged about three years ago. We were united by gender issues: women’s rights, equality, their realization in the world, and their place in civil society... It so happened that this has already become our dream. Iryna and I have a generational difference, but these generations have come together, and their dreams have intertwined into a common goal — we strive to bring our ideas to life, which are filled with philosophy...
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‘My story is both ordinary and extraordinary. Our great-grandparents had vineyards. My great-grandfather made wine and kept a wine cellar. In 2010, my husband and I received a wedding gift from our parents — a plot of land and a small country house. From that moment, we began searching for our path. We wanted to do something that was both interesting and profitable...
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‘We lived in Bakhmut, Donetsk region. We had our own home and a large family. On May 19, 2022, after a Russian missile struck the city center, we decided we could no longer risk our children's lives and made the difficult decision to leave our home. We relocated to the Poltava region. Relocating people is not the same as transplanting a garden. We lost everything: our home, our jobs, our belongings, and the connections and community we had built. All of it is gone...
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During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Russian missile struck the house where Natalia’s grandmother lived and where her father was staying that day while caring for her. Natalia’s father was killed along with almost all the other residents of the house. Only Natalia’s grandmother survived...
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‘It all started in 2017. Initially, it was just a hobby that grew into a business. I was making a knife sheath as a gift for my husband. He asked me to sew it, but I kept putting it off, and eventually, he had to do it himself (Laughs). He found a piece of leather and started working on it. That’s how our interest in leather goods began.
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Women founded half of all businesses opened in the past two years. In 2024, they opened 61% of all newly created individual entrepreneurial ventures. However, in medium and large companies, management positions are predominantly held by men. The team at the Epicentr chain of shopping centers aims to address this issue by spotlighting the contributions of Ukrainian female entrepreneurs.
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‘I am a music teacher by education, with 15 years of teaching experience in schools, but I’ve been cultivating mushrooms for about 20 years. So, I’ve been an entrepreneur longer than I was a teacher. I started by producing mycelium — the planting material for mushrooms. After the pandemic we noticed that dried products like tomatoes and fruits were popular, but there were no mushrooms in this segment. So, we decided to give it a try. We developed a process, created recipes with various flavors—and that’s how the story of "Mushroom Jerky" began...
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‘I worked in the corporate sector, focusing on marketing, customer service, and analytics, but I wanted to ground myself. When I learned about organic greenhouses, it sparked my interest. For three years, I studied various agricultural crops, horticulture, and vegetable farming, attended conferences and workshops, and visited farms that welcomed guests...
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‘It all began in my childhood. I grew up surrounded by the carpets and tapestries my mother created. Since my mother, Zenovia Shulha, is a textile artist, this art form has always been a significant part of my life. While I don’t have the talent for drawing or weaving myself, my passion for everything related to art has always been a part of who I am. Perhaps this decision was years in the making. By profession, I’m an economist...
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The UN Women Ukraine team, together with Marie Claire Business and with funding from the Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), went on a media expedition to find out how women and girls are participating in Ukraine's economic recovery.
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After three years of full-scale war in Ukraine, women are bearing the brunt of Russia’s war. But while they have endured violence and displacement, women throughout the country continue to advocate for resilience and equality.
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As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is set to begin its fourth year, more than 1.7 million women and girls remain internally displaced throughout the country, according to IOM data. The war has been devastating for all the 3.7 million internally displaced persons in Ukraine – and also imposes gender-specific burdens on women and girls.
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2024 was an election year. Direct presidential elections were held in 31 countries worldwide, and voter turnout was record high. However, only five women have been elected heads of state, making female political leadership more of an exception than the norm. Ukraine lags behind the world average in women's participation in political life at the national level. Only 22% of the Ukrainian parliament is made up of women. There are only five women in the 21-member Cabinet of Ministers. One woman heads a region, and only two women are incumbent mayors — in Poltava and Zaporizhzhia.
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Khrystyna Kit is the Head and Chairwoman of the Board of JurFem, one of the first associations of women lawyers in Ukraine, which, since the beginning of the Russia’s full-scale war, has become a place of support for survivors of sexual violence and all types of gender discrimination. The organization has around 60 lawyers who provide legal assistance to survivors of sexual violence across Ukraine.
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A new report on femicide reveals that 60% of all gender-based killings of women are committed by intimate partners or family members. On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a new report titled "Femicide in 2023: A Global Assessment of Femicide Committed by Intimate Partners/Family Members".
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Kyiv, November 25, 2024 – Today marks the launch of an awareness campaign aimed at raising public awareness about gender-based violence against women and girls, promoting its prevention and response, and informing about support services available for survivors.