how the war changed gender roles in Ukraine — Ukraine

Because of the war in Ukraine, gender roles are changing: more and more women are mastering professions that were traditionally considered male. Also, the demand for training, retraining and development of one's own business is growing among women, so the country needs to develop new policies on changing corporate cultures in business.

This was discussed at the Ukrainian Women's Congress, a public national platform that forms the gender policy agenda for the Verkhovna Rada, the government, local communities, the private and public sectors, and the media community.

In the discussion platform “Business vs State. Expectations vs Reality” was attended by representatives of Metinvest, Kyivstar, the MHP-Hromadi charity fund, DTEK, PrivatBank and Gunia Project.

According to Metinvest Group representative Zoe Heintze, historically the mining and metallurgical industry has been dominated by…