Values During the Warr: the 6th Ukrainian Women’s Congres will be held in Kiev

The Congress will start at 09:30. The event will be dedicated to the challenges faced by women during the war and the values, due to which the Ukrainian and international community are overcoming these challenges.

More than 50 speakers will participate in 4 panel discussions and 4 special events.

The speakers of the 6th Ukrainian Women’s Congress are Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Olena Kondratyuk, Member of Parliament Maria Ionova, Member of Parliament Olena Shulyak, State Language Protection Commissioner Taras Kremin, Chief Medical of the Center for Psychological Health and Rehabilitation of Veterans Lisova Polyana at the Ministry of Health of Ukraine Ksenia Voznitsyna.

And also Minister for Veteran Affairs Yulia Laputina, Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security at Georgetown University Melannee Verveer, lawyer, Head of the Association of Women Lawyers YurFem Khrystyna Kit, founder of SavED initiative Anna Novosad, Director of Olena Pinchuk Foundation Olga Serdyuk, Chair of the Board of the Public Network OPORA Olha Aivazovska, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties Oleksandra Matviychuk and others.

The first discussion Leadership of Ukrainian Women During the War will provide an opportunity to talk about how to guarantee the participation of women in decision-making processes during the war and in the process of rebuilding Ukraine – both in domestic political processes at national and local levels, and in advocacy and international diplomacy.

Participation of Women in Economic and Social Processes During the War, the second discussion panel actualizes the issue of how to develop the economy during and after the war and how to guarantee the effective participation of women in the economic development of the country.

The special panel Experience of Polish Women’s Movement in partnership with the Polish Congress of Women is dedicated to the unique experience of fighting for rights and equal opportunities for women and men. Women’s public organizations are especially effective in Poland. They have also shown solidarity with the Ukrainian women’s movement during the full-scale invasion of russia.

The special panel Women and Values will raise the topic of the Ukrainian national idea, how to fulfill the tasks facing society today and understand what kind of country we will build after the war.

The third discussion panel Women, Peace, Security will raise the issue of effective participation of women in military operations, in particular, gaining unique combat experience and sharing it with other armies of the world. The conversation will also touch on the issue of improving the conditions of military service for women.

Among the discussion topics there will be the active participation of women in hostage negotiations and POW exchange, as well as the involvement of women in international advocacy processes for Ukraine to obtain more weapons.

The special event Women in Local Government aims to draw attention to the role and currently made contribution of small and medium-sized communities to our victory, and the crucial place of women in this process.

The special event Women, War and Media during the 6th Ukrainian Women’s Congress will be devoted to the role of women in media during the war. Heroines of the information front will tell their stories – about the coverage of events from hot spots, about supporting the work of newsrooms and the safety of journalists, about the role of international mass media, as well as about the fight against propaganda.

The fourth discussion panel is called Women and Human Rights. The conversation will focus on the protection of women’s rights, in particular, transitional justice, the establishment of justice and the prevention of war-related crimes.

The conversation will touch on the issue of the liberation of captive women, the rehabilitation of women who have passed through the filtration camps, and the fight against domestic violence.

The event will be broadcast online on the website womenua.today and on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Women’s Congress.