That terrible day Nothing foretold of trouble the morning of 14 October 2016. On that day, Haiova was at her hospital workplace. The phone range and a strange voice told her that the head doctor needed her. As she walked out of the office,...
Nadiya started thinking about military service way back in 2014, when her city, Bakhmut, was occupied by Russian units and pro-Russian forces. Pro-Russian rallies were held in Bakhmut in the spring of 2014, and propaganda leaflets...
“F*cking execute her!” On 19 March 2018, Maryna Chuikova was detained at the Maiorsk checkpoint when going from the occupation zone to Ukraine-controlled territory. The woman planned to visit her two sons and 80-year-old...
On Saturday, 29 August, a 10,000-strong Women’s March was held in Minsk, the capital of Belarus where protests against rigged elections are into their third week. Similar marches were held in other Belarusian cities. The protests...
In August 1910, to draw attention to the issue of equal rights for women, Clara Zetkin came up with the idea to celebrate Women’s Day annually at the beginning of March. From the time that 100 participants of the Second...
International Women’s Day, is undergoing an identity crisis in Ukraine. 8 March 2018 is the last time it will be celebrated as a state holiday and day off, as part of Ukraine’s decommunization measures. And its very meaning is...
The Ukrainian Health Ministry has abolished its order #256 banning women from being employed in 450 professions which were considered damaging to women’s health, Ukrainian MP Iryna Suslova wrote on her fb page. Suslova was one of the...
In 2016, I was working a comfortable career in advertising in Melbourne, Australia. Things were not out of the ordinary. That was until I came across a particular news article. Then my life changed. Having grown up in the local Ukrainian...
Ukraine is now part of the international initiative Technovation, a contest in IT entrepreneurship for girls. Schoolgirls aged 10 to 18 can now enroll in a 12-week online program to learn how to develop mobile apps and have a chance to win...
The struggles of Ukrainian women who fight at the front lines in Donbas have been heard. Revolutionary amendments on the Decree of the Ministry of Defense #337 are going to be published on June 29, said representative of the...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
