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12 mothers and 27 children currently live in Lviv-based Mother and Child Center “Unbreakable Mothers.” (There are mothers from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions).

This modern facility was created last summer with the support of the Red Cross. The center is designed for more than a hundred people. Pregnant women and women with newborn children who left their homes fleeing the war can find shelter there. Comfortable living conditions have been created for these women. They can also obtain various social services.

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• women
• Lviv

On April 21, Lviv will host the Armor Fest charity festival to raise UAH 1 million. The funds will be spent on purchasing ultralight body armor plates for Ukrainian paramedics who save the lives of soldiers in the most challenging areas of the frontline. The festival is organized by the VETERANKA Women’s Veteran Movement, which assists the defenders of Ukraine and people affected by the Russian invasion.

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• military
• women
• Lviv

The W2U (Women to Ukraine) marathon – a round-the-clock conference on the impact of war on women and women on war will take place on March 27 and 28. 

The 24-hour marathon is devoted to discussing ways to protect and empower Ukrainian women with a live broadcast at 13:25 in each of the time zones of the countries participating in. The Kyiv studio will be kept open during daylight hours, and Zoom Rooms with experts involved from around the globe will be on the air for 24 hours. 

In 24 hours, participants will be able to hear more than 65 speakers from 15 countries.

Among the speakers: Kateryna Levchenko (Government Commissioner for Gender Policy, Ukraine), Irene Fellin (NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security), Oleksandra Matviichuk (Head of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), first Nobel Prize winner, Ukraine), Vineta Kleine, Head of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Ukraine, Latvia) and many others. See here for more details on the event and its participants.

• women
• Kyiv

According to “Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement” NGO, paramedics wear over 31 kg worth of gear every day: body armor, helmet, backpack with medicine, tourniquets, bandages, etc. They need to move quickly, roll over or carry the wounded. Veterans know from their own experience that it is difficult and could lead to devastating consequences for the musculoskeletal system. Therefore, the NGO decided to make life easier for these women and purchase 50 ultra-light bulletproof vests. (The weight of such a vest is 2 kg on average, and a standard one is 7 kg or more).

For reference: “Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement” NGO is a community of Ukrainian women with military experience. The NGO takes care of about a thousand female veterans and recruits: from advocating for the rights of female defenders to providing ammunition, basic hygiene products, cars, medical supplies, and drones. The organization’s mission is to help build a professional army where equal rights for women and men are guaranteed.

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• military
• women

Tetiana Brovarets is a folklorist, candidate of philological sciences and an employee of the Institute for Art Studies, Folklore and Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

On February 23, 2022, the woman went on a business trip from Kherson to the capital, where she found herself when russia’s full-scale invasion began. Later, she decided to join “Dobrobat” volunteer movement. For nine months, Tetiana has been volunteering to help clear the rubble of buildings destroyed by the war and even install window slopes. Her mother also joined the volunteer work. 

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• volunteers
• women
• Kyiv

On March 11, Lviv will host the first SUPERWOMAN forum since the full-scale invasion started. This time, the event has two charitable goals: the collected funds will be transferred to support NGO “Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement” — VETERANKA, which takes care of the needs of women in the army (by purchasing ultra-light plates, hygiene kits, women’s uniforms, shoes, drones, cars, tactical medical kits). The second part of the funds will be sent to the grant #100chansivdlya100zhinok (100 chances for women) — an educational project that provides training in digital professions to women who suffered from russian aggression.

SUPERWOMAN LVIV is a forum organized by women for women and about women. It is a place to support all professions, social roles, views and beliefs at all stages of their life journey.

• women
• Lviv

As the volunteers of the Zhytomyr regional branch of the All-Ukrainian charity organization “Turbota pro Litnih v Ukraini” (Age Concern Ukraine), ‘Grandma’s Battalion’ helps Ukrainian soldiers. More than 30 older women have joined the team. The oldest one is 85 years old.

Among other things, the women sew pillows, bedding, balaclavas, mittens for the military, and even special underwear with fasteners for wounded defenders. The women also knit socks. 

For reference: ‘Grandma’s Battalion’ has been helping the military since 2014. It was Ukrainian defenders who came up with the name.

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• women
• Zhytomyr

“Female Pilots of Ukraine” school is an initiative created to help Ukrainian women find their place in the army. School instructors teach women to control reconnaissance drones and determine coordinates.

Several hundred women have already applied for training. A new batch of students is currently receiving training. Female cadets are already learning to pilot drones.

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On March 1 at 11:00 AM, there will be a presentation of “Brave” startup accelerator for Ukrainian women who dream of starting their own business or have already founded a micro- or small enterprise.

The official opening of “Brave” startup accelerator will be attended by: Valeriya Ionan, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation for European Integration; Svetlana Chirva, Vice President, Country Manager for Ukraine and Moldova at Visa; Anna Strakhovska, Head of the Diia.Business center in Bucha.

Accreditation is required.

For reference: The project was initiated by Diia.Business center with the support of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Entrepreneurship and Export Promotion Office with the assistance of She’s Next Empowered by Visa global initiative. 

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Maria Kobets quit her job (she used to work as a junior employee in one of the museums of Chernihiv region) and decided to continue her husband’s blacksmith business, as he is currently defending the country.

For nine months, Maria has been working in the forge and performing difficult work by herself: grinding coal, lighting the furnace and shaping the heated metal. During this time, the woman learned to make objects of various types and sizes, among them, for example, cutlery.

• women
• Chernihiv