EMPOWERING CHANGE: LEGACY AND FUTURE OF WOMEN-LED ORGANIZATIONS IN UKRAINE AND THE U.S.

DATE

03.02.2025

LOCATION

Washington, USA

The event provided a platform for discussing the role of women’s initiatives in modern society and ways to effectively advocate for international policy.

It was an important event for Ukrainian women’s NGOs in the United States, where key issues faced by women-led organisations and prospects for their development in the context of global change were raised.

Partners and organisers:

  • UNWLA – Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc.
  • U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
  • Kyiv School of Public Administration named after S. Nyzhnyy
  • Zemliachky. Ukrainian Front

 

Participants:

  • Anna Mishchenko – Director and Partner of the Kyiv School of Public Administration named after Serhiy Nyzhnyi
  • Iryna Paliashvili – President and CEO of the US-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
  • Nadia Khomaziuk – Executive Director of the US-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
  • Kateryna Yushchenko – Head of the Supervisory Board of Directors of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund
  • Ksenia Drahaniuk – humanitarian activist and defender of women’s rights in the military, co-founder of the Zemlyachky Foundation
  • Alexa Chopivsky – executive director of the Women’s Foreign Policy Group
  • Marianna Tretiak – Head of the Board of Directors of ACU
  • Marta Levchenko – humanitarian and children’s rights activist, role model of faith, compassion and leadership, founder of the City of Good
  • Natalie Pavlenko – President of the Ukrainian Women’s Union of America
  • Cheryl Robertson – founder of Soulful Life University
  • Olga Dyakova – co-founder of Impact Force, co-founder of OII Meaningful Communication, Head of the David Lynch Foundation in Eastern Europe, social innovator and business leader

This event was an important milestone for building a partnership between women’s organisations in Ukraine and the United States and created a platform for further cooperation and strengthening women’s leadership at the international level.