Liudmyla Smoliar

Candidate of Historical Sciences, lecturer in history and social disciplines at the Department of History of the Odesa Academy of Food Technologies. Founder and director of the Odesa Scientific Center for Women’s Studies, author of numerous publications on women’s issues, an active figure in introducing gender education in Ukraine, an international expert of the Council of Europe, and a recipient of the Order of Princess Olga. She was one of the organizers of the first international conferences on women’s topics in Ukraine. Research interests: the women’s movement of the Dnieper region, the women’s movement as a factor in the formation of civil society, and the women’s history of Ukraine.