Authors

Intersectional feminist and activist. She researches gender aspects in history and manages projects.

Candidate of Historical Sciences, member of the Ukrainian Association for Research in Women’s History. Her research interests are gender history in anthropological and cultural contexts and in the context of the everyday history of Galicia in the second half of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.

Researcher.

Master’s student in the “History” program at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, she researches the upbringing of women in the secondary education of the 19th-century Russian Empire. Research interests: gender studies, the history of women’s education, and the history of sexuality.

Feminist, public activist, and human rights defender.

Communications coordinator of the EGAP Program, implemented by the East Europe Foundation with the support of the Government of Switzerland, feminist, and traveler.

Columnist, feminist, and LGBT activist. Published in the online outlets “Nihilist” and “Feminist Workshop” and in the newspaper “Stonewall”.

Art theorist, Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, author of works on the philosophy of contemporary art, Soviet Marxist philosophy, and the critique of posthumanism.

Feminist, amateur translator, bachelor’s student in International Development.

Doctor of Economic Sciences. Program “Support for Transparent Land Resource Management in Ukraine”.

Marxist sociologist, educator, and writer.

Leftist feminist, museum worker.

Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Artist. Holds a master’s degree in international relations (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv). Researcher of the countries of the Middle East and the Maghreb.

Ukrainian writer, lawyer, human rights advocate, television and radio host, and member of PEN Ukraine.

Born in Dnipro, studied and lives in Kyiv. Staff correspondent for the newspaper “Den” (The Day). Passionate about travel and photography.

Head of the Manuscripts Department of the Stefanyk Lviv Scientific Library of the NAS of Ukraine, Candidate of Historical Sciences. Author of publications on the history of Ukraine in the first half of the 20th century, in particular the history of the Ukrainian women’s and conservative movements in Galicia, and the history and theory of press studies, library science, archival science, and source studies. Author of the monograph “The Ukrainian Women’s Movement in Interwar Galicia: Between Gender Identity and National Engagement” (2011); compiler of the books “Milena Rudnytska. Articles. Letters. Documents” (1998) and “Letters of Viacheslav Lypynskyi to Osyp Nazaruk (1921-1930)” (2004).

PhD in psychology, practicing psychologist with 15 years of experience, business trainer, university lecturer, author of popular-science articles, trainings, and online courses, expert on tolerance and non-discrimination, member of the Ukrainian Association of Organizational and Work Psychologists.

Journalist. Graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Areas of interest: feminism, gender equality, LGBT, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups. Contributes to Nash Kyiv, UP.Zhyttia, Ukraïner, The Ukrainians, and Gender in Detail.

Journalist, gender expert, head of the media department “Gender in Details”

Ukrainian leftist nationalist radical feminist, blogger, gender researcher, translator, founder and moderator of Feminism-UA.

Musician, writer, literary show host. Video creator in the Gender in Detail team

Head of the Monitoring and Analytics Center of the NGO “Detector Media”, co-editor of the online outlet MediaLab.

Master of sociology and social anthropology, deputy director of the “Center for Social and Labor Research”. Research interests: protests, labor protests, neoliberalism, world-systems analysis, social anthropology, and ideologies.

Ph.D., associate professor at the Department of History of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, where she teaches, among others, the course “History of Sexuality”. Author of the monograph “A Story with Witches” (2008) and a number of articles related to gender issues and the history of sexuality.

Journalist with a feminist marker.

Lawyer and policymaker, Master of Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Feminist and journalist, works at “Political Critique”, editor-in-chief of “Lezo”. Interested in political philosophy and ethics, and in social equality.

Lawyer, NGO “Women’s Perspectives Center”.

Interested in gender theory and literary studies.

An agender person, feminist, LGBTI+ activist, philologist, and translator. Interested in gender theories and practices, the history of feminist and postcolonial movements, and the topics of mental health, activist burnout, and social inequality.

Writer, translator, feminist, and public activist. Lives and works in Poland.

Stand-up comedian, playwright, blogger, creative. Graduated from the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a degree in philosophy and political science.

Member of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ).

PhD, philosopher and gender researcher. Her research focuses on gender equality in the security and defense sector.

Expert on gender equality, social inclusion (GESI), trainer and consultant for national and international projects in the humanitarian sector of security and protection, author of educational and methodological materials.

Dan Healey is a professor of modern Russian history at the University of Oxford. His most recent publication is the book “Russian Homophobia from Stalin to Sochi” (2018). He is also the author of “Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent” (2008), one of the first and few studies of Soviet LGBT history. In addition, Dan Healey has edited publications on studies of Russian masculinity and Soviet medicine.

Lesbian, feminist, Ukrainian. Higher education in programming, owns a web studio, holds an active life stance. Areas of interest: website development, SEO, advertising, marketing/analytics, creating and promoting chatbots and Telegram channels, sports, video editing, and video games. Favorite activities are thinking, generating ideas, and gaining new skills and knowledge.

Founder of update.com.ua, information coordinator at the NGO “Insight”.

Researcher on issues of gender, social inequality, reproductive health, and demographic policy. Senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln and researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

Activist of the Feminist Workshop, interested in gender theory and the philosophy of poststructuralism.

Journalist, researcher, and human rights activist. Works on issues related to human rights, HIV, and LGBTQI+ communities, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Candidate of Philological Sciences, literary scholar. Gender activist, trainer, and consultant. She works on the gender analysis of literature, gender sensitivity in media, and gender equality. Author of poetry collections, handbooks, and the literary study “The Heartfelt Paradise: Gender Aspects of the Artistic World of Taras Shevchenko”.

Independent journalist and human rights defender, Candidate of Philological Sciences. Thematic focus: human rights, the problems of people living with HIV, the sex industry, human trafficking, police reform, and the war in eastern Ukraine. Author of numerous studies and articles, editor of more than ten specialized collections and handbooks.

Co-author of the project “As You Wish Us to Be: Feminism in Ukrainian Literature”, research fellow at the Museum of Books and Printing, teacher at an alternative school, author of articles about books and literature.

Historian.

Illustrator and designer. Master of “Telecommunication Systems” from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (2005). Illustrator since 2017. Founder of the brand Unicorn & Wine. Collaborates with the National Taras Shevchenko Museum, the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts, the “Tabletochki” foundation, the “Sirius” foundation, ATB, OLX, Esthete newspaper, and others.

International lawyer, expert in gender and legal analytics, and in the development of civil society institutions.

Lives in Kyiv. Her works have been published in the journals “Political Critique” (No. 3 “Sex and Politics”), ProStory (No. 5 “Faith, Porn, Love”), in German translation in the journal ProStory (No. 6 Zeige Deine Wunde), and in the publication “Erotic Diary”.

Cultural expert, head of communications and advocacy at Gender in Details.

Author of studies on gender studies and right-wing radicalism, feminist, translator, editor of the website “Tovaryshka”.

Sociologist, gender expert, co-author of the research series “Invisible Battalion”, mentor, and scientific expert of the project “Gender Mainstreaming in the Context of Comprehensive Defense”.

Psychologist, psychiatrist, volunteer at a psychological crisis service.

Doctor of Philological Sciences, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, professor, head of the Department of Literary Theory and Comparative Studies at the Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the NAS of Ukraine, executive director of the Institute of Criticism, author of the works “Femina melancholica. Gender and Culture in the Gender Utopia of Olga Kobylianska” (2002), “The Post-Chornobyl Library: Ukrainian Literary Postmodernism” (2005, 2013), “Franko Is Not a Kameniar” (2006), “The Manifestation of the Word: The Discourse of Early Ukrainian Modernism” (2009), “Kitsch and Literature. Travesties” (2008), and “Transit Culture. Symptoms of Postcolonial Trauma” (2013).

Researcher of contemporary art. PhD student at the Department of New Media of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Author and compiler of the books “Gender Studies” (IZOLYATSIA, Donbas Studies, 2015) and “Why There Are Great Women Artists in Ukrainian Art” (PinchukArtCentre Research Platform, 2019).

Ethnologist, writer, podcaster, publisher, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor

Civil activist, coordinator of the transgender direction of the NGO “Insight”, expert on transgender issues, human rights activist, feminist. Author and co-author of many materials, mainly on the topics of transgenderism and human rights.

Producer of human rights documentary films, columnist, Head of the Arts&Rights NGO

Former consultant for the project “Supporting Transparent Land Resources Management in Ukraine”.

An introverted feminist.

TV host, singer and songwriter of the indie band QARPA, cultural diplomat. Mother of three little dragons — Kora, Kaia, and Naia.

Psychologist at the NGO “Lada”. Helps adults feel good in this bewildering world.

Cultural studies student at the National University of Ostroh Academy. Interested in philosophy, gender equality, mass culture, photography, and dystopian novels.

Consultant and trainer on diversity and inclusion, compiler of the “Handbook of Barrier-Free Accessibility”, author of the podcast “Potroshku”. Facebook: kasiantania Instagram: @taniakasian

Head of the Therapeutic Department at the United Humanitarian Front, psychiatrist, medical psychologist, and psychologist practicing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Schema Therapy.

Speaker, writer, and consultant known for his innovative approach to engaging men and boys in the struggle for gender equality. He actively collaborates with the UN and national governments, non-governmental organizations, corporations, trade unions, and universities. Co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign — a global movement of men aiming to end men’s violence against women. Official website.

Feminist, volunteer, and social worker. Studies psychology and leadership at the University of North Carolina.

Deputy director for research at the Stryi Museum of Local Lore “Verkhovyna”. She researches the history of the Sich Riflemen, the women’s movement, PLAST, and the genealogies of well-known Stryi families.

Journalist and communications professional. Works in the areas of strategic communications, partnerships, human rights and advocacy for LGBTIQ+ rights.

Cedos analyst, Master of Sociology in the Gender Studies program (Shevchenko National University of Kyiv).

Doctor of Sciences, professor, teaches at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and at the University of Economics and Humanities (Poland). Author of monographs, textbooks, and articles on a wide range of sustainable development issues; he considers effective gender policy and the achievement of equal opportunities for all members of contemporary societies to be among the cornerstones of sustainable development.

Communications specialist at the NGO “Ecodiia”, translator, volunteer for cultural and civic projects. A journalist by education.

Author of feminist prose.

Advocate for gender-sensitive school spaces and textbooks. Since 2020, she has been working on the issue of discriminatory coverage of combating sexual violence in the textbook “Fundamentals of Health” for grade 8. Received a scholarship to study at the Emma Willard School for girls in the USA.

Historian and researcher of Central-Eastern Europe at King’s College London. She studies the participation of women in the Second World War and in the current war in Donbas. She defended her doctoral dissertation at University College London in 2011. Author of the books “‘Undetermined’ Ukrainians. Post-War Narratives of the Waffen SS ‘Galicia’ Division” (Oxford, 2013) and “A Loss: The Story of a Dead Soldier Told by His Sister”.

American sociologist specializing in gender issues, one of the world’s leading experts in the field of masculinity, editor-in-chief of the international academic journal Men and Masculinities, and author of numerous works.

Head of the information sector of the “Territory of Terror” museum.

Historian.
President of the Ukrainian Association for Research in Women’s History, Doctor of Historical Sciences, she holds a doctorate in History, is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and co-founder of the Ukrainian Association of Oral History. Since 1994, she’s been studying women’s and gender issues within Ukrainian history and historical ethnology. Her current academic interests are focused on women’s oral history and the everyday life of Ukrainian women in extraordinary historical circumstances.

Lawyer and human rights activist, Candidate of Law. Head and co-founder of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”

Interested in intersectional feminism.

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, associate professor, expert, and consultant for international projects. Graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Earned her Candidate of Philosophical Sciences degree at the Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine. Taught at the Ukrainian Transport University and the Dnipro Mining Institute, and worked at the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Deputy vice-president of the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine (2012–2013).

Writer, translator, essayist, author of studies in the fields of Cultural Studies, Hero Studies, and Archetype Studies.

Deputy Chair of the Board of the non-governmental organisation (NGO) Bureau of Gender Strategies and Budgeting, a member of the Gender in Humanitarian Action Working Group, and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Data Coordination Group.

Candidate of Political Sciences.

Gender researcher, lecturer at the Kyiv School of Economics.

Instagram: katerynakosach Facebook: Kate Volosevych

Book lover. Music lover.

Literary critic, cultural scientist, translator. Coordinator of the “Gender Democracy” program of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Kyiv – Ukraine bureau.

Philologist, student of the master’s program “Women’s Studies” at the University of Alabama, USA.

Cultural figure, activist, and copywriter. A student researching the influence of media on public opinion.

Sociologist and gender researcher. Her research focuses on communication on gender sensitivity and the spread of traditional gender roles

Co-founder and advocacy expert of the LGBT Human Rights Center “Our World”, co-author and editor of human rights publications. Member of the expert council under the representative of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights and the working group on the preparation of Ukraine’s negotiating positions on accession to the European Union.

Writer and literary scholar. Her philosophical views were shaped under the influence of structuralism. In her work “Semiotics: A Study of Semantic Analysis”, she introduced the term “intertextuality” into academic discourse.

Born in 1986 in Kyiv. Graduate of the bachelor’s (“Ukrainian Language and Literature”, 2008) and master’s programs in philology (“Theory, History of Literature and Comparative Studies”, 2010) at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. A freelancer specializing in literary criticism and literary consulting. Writes poetry and prose. Practices yoga.

Graduate of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, doctoral candidate at the international doctoral school of the University of Murcia. President of the Forum for Feminist Politics in the Murcia region, staff member of the humanitarian aid project of the NGO Fundacion Cepaim. Areas of interest: gender policy, the gender perspective in budgeting, migration, gender aspects of migration, human trafficking and prostitution, and social exclusion.

Partner and Head of White-Collar Crime, Compliance and Investigations Practice at Miller Law Firm

PhD in Economics and is a researcher specializing in labour markets and gender studies. Her research focuses on expanding women’s economic opportunities; labour market regulation; and the impact of war on women, gender (in)equality, and feminism in Ukraine.

Feminist, author of books about women based on materials from her personal blog. At the age of 18 she joined the International Union of Writers “New Contemporary” and won several literary competitions.

Lecturer in philosophy and logic.

Author.

Fashion historian.

Student at the Faculty of Journalism of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Freelance journalist, writes for the daily national newspaper “Den” (The Day), the news agency “ZIK”, and the website “Studway”.

In my view, midwifery requires not only a medical education but also a deep interest in the world of women, birth, and love. So I keep discovering new facets of this “science”: I study perinatal psychology and psychotherapy, sexology, and breastfeeding, and I prepare women for childbirth and motherhood. I also deeply wish for women to realize that motherhood can be very different, yet equally beautiful in every case.

Analyst at the Center for the Sociology of Law and Criminology and member of the American Society of Criminology. Graduate (MA) of the University of Alberta.

Ukrainian human rights defender and politician. People’s Deputy of Ukraine of the 5th convocation. Doctor of Law, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, associate professor. President of the International Women’s Human Rights Center “La Strada — Ukraine”.

A journalist by profession, works in PR, a public activist and member of the National Scout Organization of Ukraine “PLAST”. Interested in politics and the development of her hometown, Shepetivka.

Project author, public figure.

Feminist, author of fiction short stories, student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Senior Research Fellow at the Volyn Museum of Local Lore. Coordinator of the NGO “Insight” in Lutsk. Researcher of modern Ukrainian history, as well as the history of feminism and the LGBT+ community.

Researcher, specializing in gender equality and women’s involvement in the security and defense sector in Ukraine. M.A., University of Toronto.

Researcher in the fields of ethnology, the genealogy of knowledge and the history of ideas, and queer and feminist studies, as well as a translator and publicist. Candidate of Historical Sciences, senior research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology of the NAS of Ukraine, associate professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Editor of the journal “Feminist Critique: East European Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies”.

Police officer, human rights defender. Member of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association.

Author of texts on sports and equality, feminist, philologist, graduate of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Lecturer at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, associate professor.

Candidate of Political Sciences, senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science and National Security of the National University of Ostroh Academy, director of the Center for Social Research of the National University of Ostroh Academy. Research interests: politics and religion in international relations, politics and Islam, foreign policy, the policy of France and the countries of the Middle East, and elections and electoral systems.

Co-founder and head of the NGO “Lada Club for the Support of Pregnancy and Motherhood”. She looks at motherhood through a feminist lens. She implements projects aimed at creating conditions and opportunities for women to be resourceful on the path of motherhood.

Master’s student in the “Law” program at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Lawyer, feminist, and optimist.

Sociologist, Candidate of Sociological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, researcher of gender inequality and social transformations in modern Ukraine, guest researcher of a number of international programs, author of the books “Why Not to Be Afraid of Feminism?” and “Gender for All. Challenging Stereotypes.”

Candidate of Sociological Sciences, director, expert, and trainer at the Gender Information and Analytical Center “KRONA”, associate professor at the Department of Philosophy of Kharkiv National Medical University. Co-author and co-editor of the handbook “In Search of Gender Education” (2013), co-author of the handbook “Gender School Stories” (2012). Member of the Working Group under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on gender equality policy and combating discrimination in education.

Communications Manager, NGO FULCRUM UA

Candidate of Historical Sciences, research fellow at the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies of the NAS of Ukraine.

Book lover. Interests: feminism, gender equality, contemporary art.

PhD in Sociology, gender researcher, Associate Professor at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, and Head of the Center for Gender Equality.

Graduate of a master’s program in philosophy and a bachelor’s program in philology. Laureate of the 2019 literary competition of the “Smoloskyp” publishing house in the “Prose” category. Member of the organizing committee of the annual philosophical conference “Philosophy. New Generation”.

Public activist, head of the NGO “Studena”. She graduated from an institute of journalism and holds a master’s degree in the ancient history of Ukraine. Interested in folklore, ethnography, the history of sexuality, and travel.

Candidate of Legal Sciences, associate professor, public activist. She worked at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the Institute of Philosophy and the Institute of State and Law of the NAS of Ukraine, and the National Transport University. She was a gender expert of the UN Development Programme and an adviser to the Minister of Ukraine for Family and Youth Affairs. Head of the Initiative Group on Gender Issues of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Co-founder of the organization “League of Women Voters of Ukraine 50/50”.

American feminist author, activist, and artist. Kate Millett became known worldwide for her groundbreaking book “Sexual Politics”, published in 1970. The New York Times called this work “the Bible of Women’s Liberation”.

Student at the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, author of articles on sexual education.

Research fellow at the National Taras Shevchenko Museum. Author of articles about books and literature, co-author of the project “As You Wish Us to Be: Feminism in Ukrainian Literature”.

My life changed dramatically with the birth of my elder son 13 years ago. Even then I dreamed of having a wonderful woman by my side who would give advice and support me when I was terribly scared.

A leading feminist literary critic who researches issues of feminist theory and women’s writing, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literary theory.

Human rights expert, founder of “Grantwin Agency”.

Osteopath, craniosacral therapist, psychologist, and blogger. A master of supportive practices and circles. A popularizer of women’s health, care, and self-care. Instagram: @elenka.mukonina

A mother, journalist, and feminist. She writes on social, economic, and cultural topics. Interested in the subject of womanhood and its role in human life.

Author of a number of articles on gender and migration, laureate of the All-Ukrainian Political Science Competition, co-organizer of the campaign “Share Knowledge – Bring a Book for a Child” (collection of textbooks for children from low-income families).

Loves cultural studies.

Expert in the field of human rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights.

Gender expert, head of the NGO “Council of Women’s Initiatives”, specialist in international activities, and trainer.

Law student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, human rights defender, public activist, member of the human rights department of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine, participant of the project “(In)Equality”.

Editor, literary critic, co-founder of Creative Women Publishing, author of reviews, surveys and analytical articles on contemporary literature, culture and society.

Co-founder of the “Day After” Foundation, public figure, expert on the participation of women in security and peacebuilding processes.

SMM manager of the “Povaha” (Respect) campaign, activist, PR specialist.

Human rights activist, sociology student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Research interests: feminist and LGBT movements, gender (in)equality, gender-based violence, and other topics of gender sociology; the sociology of mental health; and urban studies.

Candidate of Historical Sciences, junior research fellow at the Institute of Ethnology of the NAS of Ukraine, formerly a professional journalist for Lviv and national media, and a blogger. Her research interests cover contemporary Ukrainian women’s migration to EU countries, and the formation of subjectivity and manifestations of agency in women’s migration trajectories. Editor and founder of several specialized websites on migration topics. Lives and works in Lviv.

Doctor of Sociological Sciences, professor of the Department of Sociology, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Social Technologies of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, research fellow at the Department of Social Structures of the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Social worker, researcher, coordinator of Young Christian Workers Ukraine, co-founder of the Feminist Workshop. She researches the working and living conditions of young people in difficult life situations and curates educational programs for youth.

Anthropologist, curator of the Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary, expert on volunteer movements and gender issues.

Candidate of Historical Sciences.

Literary critic, gender researcher.

Graduated from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (master’s, specialization “History, Theory of Literature and Comparative Studies”). Translator, poet, and journalist. Interested in the rights of women and LGBT people and, when possible, fights for them.

Sociology student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, feminist, activist.

Lawyer, analyst at the NGO “Human rights center for military personnel and veterans “PRYNCYP””. Specializes in the protection of the rights of military personnel and veterans’ policy issues.

Master of Gender Studies from the University Lumière Lyon 2 (Lyon, France).

Editor-in-chief and founder of the outlet The Devochki.

IT specialist and marketer.

Communications assistant of the EGAP Program of the East Europe Foundation.

Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, historian and gender researcher.

Feminist and artist who works in the genres of digital art (painting and graphics), video art, and theatrical-performative practices. One of the artist’s important themes is overcoming patriarchal representations of the female body and searching for new forms of its self-representation. Her work also addresses the themes of labor, poverty, and violence.

Researcher, lecturer, author of articles on gender equality.

Researcher in the philosophical and sociological areas of feminist and queer studies. Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, associate professor. Doctoral candidate at the Open University in the UK, senior research fellow at the NGO “Center for Cultural and Anthropological Studies” (Kyiv). Editor of the journal “Feminist Critique: East European Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies”. Co-editor and co-author of the textbook “Gender for the Media” (“Krytyka”, 2013, 2014, 2017).

Postgraduate student in media studies, media researcher and disinformation analyst

Expert, director of Amnesty International Ukraine.

The Executive Director of Gender Stream, she is actively involved in advocacy for the rights of the LGBTQI+ community in Ukraine. She has significant experience in the field of human rights, including working with state institutions, politicians, and international partners.

Mediator, member of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”. Head of the Labor Law Committee of the Ukrainian National Bar Association (UNBA), member of the UNBA Mediation Committee, and member of the UNBA Gender Policy Committee.

Architect and project coordinator specializing in urban planning, residential and landscape architecture, participatory design, and 3D printing. Co-founder of the civic initiative Obiidemos bez Druzhynnykiv (“No to Vigilante Patrols”) and creator of the educational media project Za_robyv, dedicated to raising awareness of workplace sexual harassment.

Master of Science in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (University of Stuttgart, Germany). She works in urban anthropology and ethnography. She coordinates urban research at the MetaLab urban laboratory in Ivano-Frankivsk. Born in Yalta, finished school in Kyiv, and lived in Estonia and Germany.

Feminist

Maksym Potapovych, advocacy manager on European integration issues at the ZMINA Human Rights Center, LGBT+ activist, and human rights defender.

Member of the March 8 organizing committee; since 2016, National Coordinator for Ukraine at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Geneva). As part of her work, she monitors the needs and problems in realizing the rights of women living in conflict zones, engages in gender-sensitive mediation, and prepares reports on women’s rights within the frameworks of CEDAW, CESCR, the Universal Periodic Review, and others.

A reader in an eternal search for good literature, feminist, journalism student.

Works with teenagers and adults.

Activist, manager

Philosopher.
Intersectional feminist with a philosophical background, a postgraduate student at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the NaUKMA. She researches the feminist history of philosophy and is interested in Ukrainian feminism.

Assistant Professor of Cultural and Medical Anthropology at UNC Chapel Hill.

Journalist.
News editor and journalist at the human rights publication “ZMINA”. Works on human rights issues, and also writes about hate crimes, discrimination and hate speech. LGBT activist and feminist.

Head of the Qualification and Disciplinary Commission of the Bar of Zhytomyr Oblast, deputy director of the Regional Center for the Provision of Free Secondary Legal Aid in Zhytomyr Oblast. Member of the Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”.

Gender expert, project manager of the expert resource “Gender in Detail”

Candidate of Sociological Sciences, associate professor at the Department of Sociology of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Doctor of Sociological Sciences, Candidate of Historical Sciences, professor at the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Saint Petersburg). Co-coordinator of the research committee on gender studies of the Russian Political Science Association and member of its academic council.

Queer, communications coordinator of the KyivPride NGO, blogger, mentor on transgender and non-binary topics.

Human rights defender, former member of an ultra-right group. Veteran of the war with Russia.

Journalist and researcher specializing in human rights issues. Her book Women of Ukraine: Reportages from the War and Beyond (2023) gives voice to 33 heroines, telling about their experiences during a full-scale invasion

Historian.

Specialist in the history of Western European and Slavic peoples, researcher of the feminist movement and gender issues in Eastern Europe. Professor of History at Valparaiso University (Indiana, USA).

An independent expert in gender equality and social inclusion, specializing in legislative and policy development, monitoring Ukraine’s compliance with international obligations, and the implementation of gender equality legislation in the security sector and in judicial and parliamentary reform. Her expertise also includes gender mainstreaming in international technical assistance projects and the external evaluation of project implementation.

International coordinator of the CEE Bankwatch network, member of the “Professional Government” Association. Graduate of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and the Central European University (Hungary).

I am Yuliia, I am 21 years old, I work as a TV correspondent, and in my free time I do comedy.

Student, administrator of the resource “Gender in Detail”.

Psychologist and wellbeing coach with over 20 years of experience. Researcher of self-acceptance, body positivity, style and quality of life, author of the book “I live in this body.”

Expert in the field of human rights protection, project coordinator of the international charitable foundation “Ukrainian Public Health Foundation”, member of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”.

Studies psychology at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Author of the book “The War with Food”.

Family mediator, researcher of non-formal educational perspectives, head of the NGO Resource Center for Children and Teenagers “Charodim”, master of sociology, author of the course “Sociology of Childhood”, lecturer at the Department of Sociology of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Psychoanalytic psychotherapist, journalist. Her research interests include feminist psychoanalysis, sexuality, psychoanalysis of motherhood, and gender aspects in psychotherapy.

Communications manager of the NGO “Lada Club for the Support of Pregnancy and Motherhood”. She works in communications, SMM, targeted advertising, and even bots — all in the civil society sector.

Candidate of Philosophy. Expert in gender-responsive governance and budgeting, gender mainstreaming in education, workplace equality, women’s political participation, and maternity protection. In 2023–2025, she will be a trainer on the implementation of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and a lecturer for the course “The Power of Equal Opportunities: WEPs in Practice” at Prometheus.

Candidate of Legal Sciences.

Feminist and journalist, works at “Political Critique”, editor-in-chief of “Lezo”. Interested in political philosophy and ethics, and in social equality.

Academic literary researcher, culture and media analyst, and journalist. In 2021, an expert of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and an expert of the Ukrainian Book Institute. Since 2018, editor of the student almanac “Geopoetical Studies”. In 2020, she founded the academic electronic journal “Geopoetical Studies”. Since 2019, member of the Ukrainian Association for Jewish Studies. She writes about women, gender equality, literature, Jewish culture, society, genocides, cultural memory, geopoetics, media literacy, science, and academic integrity.

Philologist, journalist, and fact-checker.

Areas of interest: non-formal education, training, gender equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Feminist, bachelor of creative writing from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a bit of an illustrator, sometimes a blogger, sometimes an author of articles and literary texts.

Feminist, LGBT activist.

Art critic, art therapist, founder of the “Journeys to the Past” project and author of the format of historical Salons – interactive events that explore the connection of the individual with the eras of the past.

Writer, journalist, literary critic, and translator. Author of the book of essays “Cassandra Makes a Mistake” (2025), in which, through a combination of personal experience and cultural reflection, she reflects on the war, generational identity, and intellectual experience of modern Ukraine. Formerly, she was the curator of programs for the International Book Arsenal Festival.

Queer feminist. Author of articles on feminist topics for the online magazine New Europe and the website of the Belarusian expert community Nashe Mnenie. Currently a PhD student at Ohio State University in the Department of Gender Studies.

Head of the NGO “Insight”. Feminist, lesbian, author of brochures and articles on human rights, LGBT activism, and feminism.

Independent researcher and a consultant at the YurFem Analytical Centre, with a focus on women’s rights and non-discrimination. She is a member of the CEECA Resource Hub community, which advocates for the promotion of business development and human rights.

Candidate of Economic Sciences, PhD in Political Science. Senior Research Fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). Co-founder of the NGO “Platform of Equal Opportunities” (Dnipro).

Candidate of Historical Sciences, associate professor, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.

Currently a Carnegie fellow at The New School in New York, a philosopher, and head of the “Contemporary Society, Ethics and Politics” concentration at ECLAB, Belarus.

Journalist, editor, human rights influencer, and trendsetter.

Lawyer of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”. PhD student at the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Faculty of Law of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.

Doctor of Philology, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Ivan Franko Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, member of the Ukrainian Association of Women’s History Researchers.

Translator, writer, poet, and photographer. In 2012 her translation of the Booker Prize laureate DBC Pierre’s novel “Lights Out in Wonderland” was published. Based on it, Shyian created the project “Decadence Takes Its Toll”, which united participants under the author’s registered creative brand “Batrachomyomachia”. She has her own circle of readers, actively posts online, and works on photo projects in the genre of documentary street photography. In 2014 the Old Lion Publishing House released her debut novel “Hunt, doctor, Hunt!”, illustrated by the author’s friend Marianna Vynar.

Journalist, author of the podcast about pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood “Lera, when are the grandchildren?”.

Journalist and editor

Works on Natural Language Processing. In 2015 she completed the course “Women and Men: Gender for All” on the online platform Prometheus. The questions that concern her most: the percentage of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and successful careers for women.

American foreign policy analyst, researcher in public law and international relations, and CEO of the think tank New America. From 2002 to 2004 she headed the American Society of International Law, and in 2009 she was appointed Director of Policy Planning for the US State Department.

Journalist and translator. Since the summer of 2015 she was invited to coordinate the “Povaha” (Respect) campaign against sexism in the media and politics. At the end of 2016 she joined the board of the “Ukrainian Women’s Fund”.

English–Ukrainian translator and interpreter, organizer of the feminist book club Literary Gatherings, and an avid reader.

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.

Writer, translator, and journalist. She studied at the universities of Lviv, Freiburg, and Warsaw. She worked as coordinator of the Center for the Study of the Ancient Tradition of Eastern and East-Central Europe and as curator of the literary-artistic project of the Swiss foundation Pro Helvetia in Ukraine. She was a member of the editorial board of the Polish-German-Ukrainian literary magazine “Radar” and a journalist and editor at several Ukrainian newspapers and magazines. Author of nine books of prose. Translations of her texts have been published in eleven countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Hungary, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Russia, and the USA.

Student at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Ukrainian independent journalist specializing in the topics of human rights and justice.

Researcher, lecturer, poet, and songwriter.

Essayist, culture researcher, member of the executive board of Ukrainian PEN. Candidate of Philological Sciences. Associate professor at the Department of Cultural Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Studies philosophy, literature, and French at the Free University of Berlin. A journalist. She is engaged in feminist, LGBT, and leftist activism. Interested in social, political, and cultural theory and how it can change the world for the better.

Sociologist
Doctor of sociological sciences, gender researcher, author of the book “Caring as a job: motherhood in the spotlight of sociology” (“Krytyka” publisher, 2017).

Holds a PhD in political science, an expert on gender policy.

Human rights defender, gender activist, trainer, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in Ukraine and abroad on gender issues, conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and more. One of the initiators of the project “Empowering Education — Equal Rights and Opportunities for Boys and Girls” (gender education based on the philosophy of nonviolence). Chair of the board of the Information and Consultative Women’s Center.

Lives in Odesa and contributes to local media. A linguist by education. Interested in issues of gender equality and contemporary art.

Author of articles on crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity committed within the family; a lawyer.

Chief editor of the website and magazine Marie Claire Ukraine. Pages on Facebook and Instagram.

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, works at the National Center “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”. She studied philosophy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She defended a dissertation in the history of philosophy on the significance of women’s mysticism for medieval philosophy. She researches medieval women’s mysticism, film and TV series, and issues of gender discrimination and ageism. The author’s page on Academia.edu.

PhD candidate in the “Mass Communications” program of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Lecturer at the Mohyla School of Journalism (“Theories in Media Studies”, “Theories and Methods of Discourse Analysis”). Author of articles and studies on the construction of sexuality and gender in media, political discourse, and popular culture.

Interested in history and international relations. For a long time she worked in the press services of local self-government bodies. She believes that politics without sexism in Ukraine is possible. Facebook profile.

Editor of the IA “Sotsportal”, activist of the NGO “Social Movement”. The topics of greatest interest are the labor rights of women, youth and people with special needs, motherhood in modern conditions, reforms of medicine, education and social security.

Author of articles on gender equality, human rights, non-discrimination, and the problems of people living with HIV and people with disabilities. Copywriter and columnist. Activist of the feminist movement, supporter of the LGBT movement. Facebook page.

Intersectional feminist. Graduated from Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University. Author of the Telegram channel “Open Window”. Social media pages.

Daria Tsymbalyuk researches, writes, and draws. She received her doctoral degree from the University of St Andrews; her dissertation was devoted to displacement from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the war, as well as to the relationships between humans and plants disrupted by this violence. Together with Yuliia Filipieva and Viktor Zasypkin, she is the author of the art project “Donbas Odyssey”. Together with Victoria Donovan, she is the author of the book “The Limits of Collaboration: Art, Ethics, and the Donbas”, published in 2022.

Fashion columnist, blogger, author of the books “Chit-Chat Around the Wardrobe” and “I Forgot My Underwear”.

A scholar of Ivan Franko studies. Candidate of Philological Sciences, associate professor at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Editor-in-chief of the website “Franko:Live”.

Master of Public Administration from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, participant of the “Personal Leadership” course at Columbia Business School, researcher of women’s participation in international politics and diplomacy, and a political strategist. Author of a number of research articles in academic and popular publications. Member of the Public Council under the Inter-Factional Parliamentary Association “Equal Opportunities” in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the 8th convocation. Feminist, supporter of introducing gender quotas.

Writer and human rights defender.

Literary critic and essayist. Candidate of Philological Sciences. Regular contributor to the outlets “Livyi Bereh”, “Zbruc”, “KyivDaily”, and “Opinion”. Columnist for the newspaper “Den” (The Day).

Analyst, member of the NGO “Center for Gender Culture”

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences.

Designer. Interested in contemporary art, feminism, the psychology of sexuality, social inequality, and social issues.

Master’s student at the Faculty of History of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, activist. Research interests: the institution of the First Ladies of the USA, the role of women in the political arena in historical retrospect.

Investigative journalist and activist from Belarus who currently lives in Lithuania. His work focuses on human rights, migration, and LGBTQ+ issues in Eastern Europe, with particular attention to Belarus and Lithuania. Gleb works with both text and video, creating materials that combine journalistic and advocacy purposes. His mission is to amplify the voices of those who often go unheard, to challenge stigma and discrimination, and to foster visibility and dialogue in contexts where these issues are usually silenced.

Master of social and human rights journalism from the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. An orientalist historian by her first education, she is interested in journalism and gender issues in Turkey and Ukraine.

Policewoman, translator, human rights activist, reserve officer, member of JurFem.

Feminist, researcher, and journalist. Studies in the “Gender Studies” master’s program at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany.

Student at the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

Gender expert of the study, head of the communications department of the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”.

PhD, associate professor at the Department of World History of H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University, where she teaches, among others, the courses “Gender Discourse in World History” for master’s students and “The Gender Aspect in Academic Research” for PhD students. Member of the Ukrainian Association for Research in Women’s History.

Researcher, associate professor, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, author of articles on gender equality.

Philology student and photographer.

Head of the NGO “D.O.M.48.24”, researcher, public figure, coordinator of the Coalition 1325 of Prykarpattia.

Journalist at the outlet Zaborona, writes about human rights.

British actress, model, and activist. Known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. A liberal feminist active in advocacy campaigns. In 2014 she became a UN Goodwill Ambassador, launching the HeForShe campaign, which aims to engage more men in the movement for gender equality.

Feminist, political consultant.

Professor.

Historian.

Candidate of Art Studies, lecturer at the Lviv National Academy of Arts and ItStep Academy Lviv, and an artist. Her academic and artistic interests are the human being, their existential existence, and its visual representation (most often in abstract form).

Expert of the Association of Ukrainian Cities section on equality of women and men, deputy of the Zhytomyr City Council, head of the deputy group “Equal Opportunities”, lobbyist for the Charter of Equality, and founder of Gender Month. She earned her higher education in “journalism” and “management”.

Doctor of Political Sciences, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, deputy chair of the board of the NGO “Diiachky”.

Ambassador of popular culture and a serious approach to entertainment. Author of a Telegram channel.

Trainer and information manager in the projects of civil society organizations. Lives in Vinnytsia. Loves to write. Raising a son.

Cultural manager and poet, active in the Dzestra Talks, Roșa Collective, and Insha Osvita initiatives.

Candidate of Historical Sciences. Senior Lecturer at the Department of History and Linguistics of the Ukrainian State University of Railway Transport.

Candidate of Sociological Sciences, researcher of media content and gender issues.

Legal consultant on gender equality and anti-discrimination.

Director of analytical work and external relations at the International Centre for Policy Studies.

Currently Iryna works on projects of climate adaptation and regional climate policy and researches transformative creative practices (at the organization Sniffer in Scotland), practices non-hierarchical structures of care (with the art collective Autonomous Care Unit), and curates an art-research initiative to create caring relationships between pigs and humans (with the Pig Response Project). Iryna holds an MSc in Sustainability, Society and Environment.

Psychotherapist, mental health expert at the “Day After” Foundation.

Researcher, lecturer, consultant. Doctor of Economics. Expertise in sustainable development, which encompasses the balance of environmental, economic and social components of public life.

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, director of the programs “Russia in Global Dialogue” and “Ukraine in European Dialogue” at the Institute for Human Sciences (Vienna).

Head of the family and inheritance law practice at the law firm “Marusiak and Partners”.

PhD in Philosophy, art historian, and Director of the expert platform Gender in Detail. Researcher specializing in gender equality, feminism, civil society, and cultural policy.

Lawyer and coordinator of the legal aid line “JurFem: Support”

Founder of the feminist initiative “Borshch”, LGBT activist, project manager in the fields of human rights and culture, educator and author of scientific publications on gender and feminist topics.

Lawyer, analyst, co-author of the research series “Invisible Battalion”.