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Feature story
From crisis response to resilience: How multilateral funds are collectively protecting women and girls
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Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the situation of women and girls in Ukraine
Daria Zymenko, a member of CSO SEMA Ukraine, a network of women survivors of conflict-related sexual violence at Mykhailivska square downtown Kyiv, Ukraine.
Interview
Speaking through art, Ukrainian women confront sexual violence in conflict
Anastasiia Pyrohova, psychologist and the coordinator of the Women’s New Horizons project, run by the local group Women’s Perspectives, works in Sambir, Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Women’s Perspectives.
Press release
Major funding cuts undermine the ability of Ukraine’s women’s rights organizations to provide humanitarian aid at a crucial time of insecurity
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Press briefing
Press briefing by UN Women on the 3-year mark of the war in Ukraine
In Lviv, scientist, lawyer, public activist, and human rights defender Iryna Periv (pictured at right) and Iryna Andrusiak, lawyer and researcher specializing in gender issues (pictured at left), run a business with a goal of making “lingerie about health, not sexualization.” Photo: UN Women/Nadia Berska
Feature story
Three years into the war, women are powering Ukraine’s recovery
In the Lviv region of Ukraine a woman stands in her room in a shelter of NGO ‘Zaporuka’ for survivors of gender-based violence
Press release
Three years of full-scale war in Ukraine roll back decades of progress for women’s rights, safety and economic opportunities
On 8 July 2024 in Kyiv, fire and rescue service workers, hospital staff and volunteers clear rubble and search for people trapped under debris after an attack that hit Okhmatdyt hospital, Ukraine's largest children's medical centre. Photo: UNICEF/UNI608590/Filippov
In focus
Women leading humanitarian aid and economic resilience after three years of war in Ukraine
Roksolana Rosolvska Photo: UN Women/Ana Serdyuk
Interview
Interview: How Ukrainian women entrepreneurs are keeping businesses alive amid Russia’s war
Lyudmila Huseynova Photo Courtesy JurFem
Feature story
Women lead humanitarian, economic, and legal efforts amid years of Russia’s war on Ukraine 
Khrystyna Kit Photo: Courtesy of JurFem
Feature story
‘One of the most profound humanitarian crises of our time’ – How Ukrainian women support one another after three years of Russia’s full-scale war
Children play amid electricity cuts, air raids, and attacks on the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 15 November 2022.
Feature story
Women in Ukraine persevere amid blackouts after attacks on power infrastructure