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Women in Ukraine have equal constitutional rights as men in the economic, political, cultural, and social fields, as well as in the family. Most of the around 45 percent of Ukraine's population (45 million [ 4 ] ) who suffer violence – physical, sexual, or mental – are women.
Gender inequality in Ukraine refers to economic, social, political and education inequalities between men and women of Ukraine experienced due to their gender. According to multiple reports it is an ongoing issue on each level of the Ukrainian society, where discrimination of women is an inevitable part of everyday life. [1]
With the support of Ukrainian Women's Fund and UN Women, the Invisible Battalion survey turned into an ambitious photo project: about half a hundred portraits of Ukrainian women combatants were shot and exhibited at the Ukrainian Parliament and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In 2016 the Invisible Battalion year calendar won the Grand Prix ...
More than 43,000 women are serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, according to figures released last November by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. That number has grown by 40% since 2021, it said.
In the first few weeks of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Independent TV reached out to a group of women who were trying to figure out how to survive the conflict. Victoria Bredikhina, Valeria ...
Femen (stylized in all caps; Russian and Ukrainian: Фемен, Belarusian: Фэмэн) is a Ukrainian radical feminist activist group whose goal is to protect women's rights. The organization became internationally known for organizing controversial [ 6 ] [ 7 ] topless protests against sex tourism , [ 1 ] [ 6 ] religious institutions, [ 8 ...
A Ukrainian police officer with two women in Kyiv on 16 March 2022. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, that began on 24 February 2022, has had a significant impact on women across Ukraine and Russia, both as combatants and as civilians. In Ukraine, the invasion has seen a significant increase in women serving in the military as well as a ...
Violence against women is an entrenched social problem in Ukrainian culture engendered by traditional male and female stereotypes. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was not recognized during Soviet era , but in recent decades the issue became an important topic of discussion in Ukrainian society and among academic scholars.