European Endowment for Democracy 348d ago

This short movie features seven women leading EED partner organisations in Ukraine that, at a time of war, are driving efforts to protect human rights, safeguard free speech, and bring people together. They are Kateryna Pereverzeva of  Lyuk Media, a media covering cultural activities in war-torn Kharkiv; Leyla Djaksim of the Crimean Tatar Cultural and Sports Centre ‘Kuresh’, empowering Crimean Tatars to take part in civic life; Liubov Halan of Human Rights Centre 'Pryncyp' working with war veterans and their families; Mariia Nikitina of Zahyst, defending the rights of people with disabilities in Chernivtsi; Natalia Drodz of Dobrochyn Center NGO creating opportunities for youth in rural areas; Olga Reshetylova of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, monitoring human rights violations in the occupied territories; and Sofiia Skyba of Pershyi Kryvorizkyi, one of the few independent media in the city of Kryvyi Rih. They are only some of the many women that are now leading Ukrainian civil society. The initiatives featured in the movie ‘Voices of Democracy: Ukraine's Women Leaders’ were supported thanks to the contributions of the European Commission and of the Government of Canada to EED.