21.06.2023
On June 20, NURE employees joined the webinar A Vision for a Gender Responsive and Inclusive Recovery in Ukraine, which was held in a hybrid format: at the headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and online. The aim of the event is promote a Gender Responsive Recovery which is inclusive of all groups, in particular, as gender intersects with internal displacement, disability and psychological harm, conscription, ethnicity and other factors emerging from the ongoing wartime conditions. The discussion was based in Ukraine’s revised National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) with a focus on women’s meaningful participation in decision making on recovery and reconstruction. The discussion highlighted the specific needs of women and girls and the tools that stakeholders can rely on. The event highlighted the leadership, agency and voice of women, disabled, veteran, lesbian and young women, and explore how they can shape an inclusive recovery that embeds values of human capital resilience, diversity and equality of opportunity. The importance of the private sector in promoting gender-equitable, inclusive and sustainable recovery, with human capital development at its center, was particularly emphasized.
Event speakers:
- First Lady Mrs. Olena Zelenska.
- Mark Bowman, Vice President for Policy and Partnerships, EBRD.
- The Prime Minister’s Special Representative for the Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict and Minister of State, Lord Ahmad.
- Joanna Lewis, Director of the Center for Women, Peace and Security, London School of Economics.
- Kateryna Levchenko, Government Commissioner for Gender Policy.
- Natalia Karbovska, Director of the Ukrainian Women’s Fund.
- Christoph Denk, Managing Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- Iryna Drobovych, Director of Strategy, Ukrainian Women’s Congress.
- Dr. Sabine Fraser, UN Women Representative in Ukraine.
- Svitlana Spazheva, head of Pokrovske territorial community.
- Yulia Sachuk, head of Fight For Right.
- Elvira Popenko, International Charitable Organization Roma Women’s Fund “Chiricli”.
- Kateryna Pryimak, Deputy Head of the Women’s Veterans Movement.
- Denys Hanzha, founder of the Public Diplomacy Platform.
- Maksym Potapovych, public relations manager of the Ukrainian LGBTIQ+ Army for Equal Rights.
