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Olena Stryzhak: “I wanted to support women living with HIV and protect their rights, because I know from my own experience what stigma and discrimination are.”
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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.
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EU-funded programme drives women’s economic empowerment by challenging gender norms in Eastern Partnership countries
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Women’s economic empowerment is essential to promoting women’s rights and gender equality. Central to this effort is employment, which not only fosters financial independence but also drives personal growth and achievement.
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In the words of Nataliia Novitska: “When a woman living with HIV is displaced by war, she needs to maintain access to antiretroviral therapy”
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Nataliia Novitska 36, is Project Manager at the NGO “Positive Women”, which provides assistance and information to women living with HIV across Ukraine, even amid the Russian invasion. It is among the organizations supported by UN Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF).
Bohdana Korop - photo from personal archive
In the words of Bohdana Korop: “The war showed each of us that we are much stronger and more resilient than we seem at first glance”
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My goal is to show that it is not necessary to move abroad, somewhere to earn money, but you can realize yourself in business in Ukraine, even during the war.
Natalia Tiuniahina is the Regional Coordinator of the charitable organization “Positive Women”. Photo: UN Women Ukraine
In the words of Natalia Tiuniahina: “My biggest inner need is to help women accept their status, to teach them to live a full life with HIV”
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Natalia Tiuniahina is the Regional Coordinator of the charitable organization “Positive Women” and founder and Board member of the public organization “Positive Women Kherson” in southern Ukraine.
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Improving livelihoods of rural women across Ukraine
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The public association the Rural Women's Business Network recently signed a Partner Agreement with the UN Women Project, Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment through Decentralization Reform of Ukraine. This initiative is funded by the Government of Canada. Under the new Partner Agreement , the Association will facilitate mobilization of women from 13 communities to participate in local governance across four regions: Volyn, Chernivtsi, Kherson and Sumy.
Sofia Maksymenko
In the words of Sofia Maksymenko: “Women in decision-making positions bring their unique knowledge and experiences to the local development processes”
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The enhanced participation of women in public life can bring transformative changes to their communities. Women want to be actively engaged in local decision-making processes and they have proved that they can drive positive results when in top political positions, believes Sofia Maksymenko. She is the self-help group leader and newly elected head of Zvanivka, a community in the conflict-affected Donetsk oblast located near the contact line.
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