she signed up to go down the 50-year-old mine on the outskirts of the city of Pavlohrad in eastern Ukraine. Before the war started, the government barred women from doing jobs underground because ...

The efforts of the theater in Chernihiv, the capital of a region that borders Russia and Belarus, reflect a broader reality in Ukraine where women are stepping into roles once dominated by ... As the ...

Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that is changing. Liudmyla in Ukraine’s Kherson region last year.Credit ...

A regional theatre adapts to the realities of war, with actresses taking male roles as actors are called up to front lines of ...

"It's the beginning of a golden age for culture in Ukraine: Museums and theaters are packed, and new bookstores are opening everywhere," said Oksana Zabuzhko, author, in 1996, of the world's first ...

Tetiana Ustymenko’s family has worked in the coal mines of eastern Ukraine for generations, and as a girl she longed to carry on the tradition. But when she grew up, she discovered women weren ...

Maria Romanenko and her partner Jez Myers are now running their second trip to Lviv in Ukraine to show Mancunians the rich ...

From exciting new releases to modern classics, this March we’re looking at a group of books that explore some of the most ...

Russian and US officials met in the Middle Eastern country last month to discuss Ukraine on Russia’s terms. The culture ministry, in its immediate response posted on its website on 28 February, ...

Hundreds of thousands of women participated in rallies around the world on Saturday to commemorate International Women’s Day ...