Ukrainian Women’s Fund

Published purpose

This project aims to increase the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls and advance gender equality in Ukraine. Project activities include: (1) building institutional capacity of women’s rights organizations; (2) delivering leadership skills trainings for women activists; (3) providing community mobilization, fundraising and communication trainings for women’s rights organizations; (4) providing grants to women’s organizations on a wide variety of advocacy issues; and (5) delivering skills training on coalition building and outreach. The Ukrainian Women’s Fund implements this project. It is a local women’s rights organization that has helped over 300 grassroots women’s rights and feminist organizations in Ukraine. The Fund provides seed funding and capacity development assistance, enabling organizations to better represent and advocate for the interests of Ukrainian women. The project aims to support up to 190 women’s rights organizations, representing a broad spectrum of women and girls, including those affected and displaced by the conflict and women living with disabilities. It also includes women with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, Roma women, women representing other national minorities, rural women, low-income women, and vulnerable women, including young and older women. In response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Ukrainian Women’s Fund adapted certain project activities to address new and immediate needs and protect previous development gains. Some project activities pivoted to respond to the evolving context in various ways, such as providing emergency supplies, equipment and services, and support for mental health and accommodation.