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women
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Defense Ministry: Number of women in Ukraine’s army up 40% in two years
It’s explained because women can now serve in positions previously off-limits, like machine gunner, sniper and infantry fighting vehicle commander; and a contract for military service risen from 40 to 60, on par with men.
Ukraine must prioritize women in post-war reconstruction: opinion
As Ukraine begins the challenging process of post-war reconstruction, the need for a gender perspective cannot be ignored.…
From pregnancy fatigues to lip balm: volunteers supply gear for women at war
The Russian war against Ukraine has altered many aspects of Ukrainian life, including the conventional roles of Ukrainian…
“At times, they beat me so that I did not even want to live” – Ukrainian woman hostage survivor of Donbas militant prison
That terrible day Nothing foretold of trouble the morning of 14 October 2016. On that day, Haiova was…
Why this 23-year old mom became a Ukrainian soldier
Nadiya started thinking about military service way back in 2014, when her city, Bakhmut, was occupied by Russian…
“F*cking execute her!” Torture, forced labor, one bottle of water a day: how a Ukrainian woman hostage survived the prisons of Russia-occupied Donbas
[editorial]Maryna Chuikova, a 50 years-old Ukrainian nurse, spent over a year in the illegal prisons of the “Donetsk…
Lukashenka’s riot police powerless against 10,000-strong women’s march | Photos
On Saturday, 29 August, a 10,000-strong Women’s March was held in Minsk, the capital of Belarus where protests…
How International Women’s Day became a Soviet celebration of “eternal femininity”
[editorial]In Ukraine, the meaning of Women’s Day is in limbo. The Soviet celebrations of this public holiday, revolving…
Women’s Day in Ukraine is seriously in limbo
[editorial]Three years after the publication of this article in 2018, on 8 March 2021, International Women’s Day was…
Ukraine’s Health Ministry opens up previously banned 450 professions for women
The Ukrainian Health Ministry has abolished its order #256 banning women from being employed in 450 professions which…
How I left everything and went to Donbas to make the film “War mothers”
In 2016, I was working a comfortable career in advertising in Melbourne, Australia. Things were not out of…
Technovation, global IT entrepreneurship contest among schoolgirls, launched in Ukraine
Ukraine is now part of the international initiative Technovation, a contest in IT entrepreneurship for girls. Schoolgirls aged…
Ukrainian women receive right to serve in combat positions
The struggles of Ukrainian women who fight at the front lines in Donbas have been heard. Revolutionary amendments…
Meet Ukraine’s “Invisible battalion” of women
Brave beauty. Twelve fearless women are depicted on a Ukrainian calendar for 2016. However, they represent a much larger…
Paratrooper’s widow deploys to front with his unit
Maryna Knysh has gone to war. Following in her late husband Oleksandr’s footsteps, the 27-year-old single mother deployed…
Maria Lewytzkyj: Putin’s percolating misogyny oppresses Russian and Ukrainian women
Putin oppresses women in Russia and Ukraine: Prime time Russian NTV’s show “The Furies of Maidan: Sex, Psychosis…