Almost 80% of Ukrainian women stayed in Ukraine despite Russia’s full-scale invasion because they wanted to be close to their families, feel a sense of belonging, and have proper housing. Researchers ...

With the war with Russia now in its fourth year, the number of women joining the Ukrainian army continues to soar to some 70,000 up from 56,000 at the start of the Russian invasion. Our colleagues ...

Svyrydenko is Ukraine’s first female economy minister and a symbol of the rise of women in the labour force because of the war. Before, women were mostly employed in education and health care ...

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 ...

Let's find out about the top 10 countries. Even before the war with Russia, Ukraine was in the top ten in terms of having more women in the population. Due to the war, a large number of Ukrainian ...

Last summer, Kateryna Zarembo gave up an academic career in political science to volunteer as a paramedic on Ukraine’s front lines. She served in rotations lasting two or four weeks, allowing ...

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — Kateryna Koliadiuk was curious. The 19-year-old Ukrainian agronomy student spotted an ad seeking women to enroll in a tractor driving course and decided to try.

Oksana Polischuk, 51, descendes by lift into a coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Jan. 30, 2025. Polischuk, lost her husband on a war, she became an IDP in Poland. She decided to return ...

The country’s artists and poets have helped their compatriots dream of bravery and justice. But they have also reflected on ...