The Platform was created as an advisory body to the Commission on Coordination of Executive Authorities on Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men, which functions as a temporary advisory body to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The Commission was established to ensure coordinated action by executive authorities to implement a unified state policy on achieving gender equality in all spheres of public life (hereinafter reffered to as state gender policy).
The Platform aim:
Ensuring coordinated cooperation between executive authorities, civil society, private sector actors, development partners, and international organizations to uphold the principles of gender equality and inclusion throughout Ukraine’s recovery process.
– Visualization
– Coordination
– Information
– Advocacy
The organizational work of the Platform is provided by the implementing partner. The Ukrainian Women’s Fund is the implementing partner for the period 2023, with the support of the UK Government, provided through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office within the framework of the project “Women. Peace. Security: Acting Together”.
The Coordinator of the Platform is the Head of the Commission on Coordination of Executive Authorities on Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men – Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine.
The Deputy Coordinator of the Platform is the Deputy Head of the Commission – Government Commissioner for Gender Policy Policy.
Representatives of state bodies that ensure development and implementation of state policy on ensuring gender equality and inclusion, as well as people’s deputies of Ukraine.
Development partners, business representatives, representatives of international and non-governmental organizations that work for ensuring gender equality and inclusion.
Coordination Council of the Platform is esponsible for making consolidated decisions on the Platform’s priorities, composed of relevant stakeholders and governmental representatives.
Composition of the Coordination Council:
The Civil Society Advisory Panel is an association of civil society representatives – participants of the Platform, which was established to strengthen the voice of civil society.
The aim of the Advisory Panel is to strengthen the influence of civil society on the processes of ensuring gender mainstreaming and inclusion in recovery, coordination of activities, involvement in decision-making, and ensurig the participation of civil society representatives in recovery and reconstruction processes. All civil society representatives who become members of the Platform’s working group automatically become participants of the Advisory Panel.
Benefits of participation in the Civil Society Advisory Panel:
– Policy influence: participation in the development of gender-sensitive policies that shape the recovery process.
– Access to up-to-date information: obtaining new data and research that contribute to effective project planning.
– Networking and partnerships: cooperation with other organizations to share experiences and resources.
– Strengthening advocacy: increasing the effectiveness of advocacy campaigns through a common voice.
– Involvement in recovery processes: the opportunity to influence the implementation of projects that take into account the needs of different social groups.
– Strengthening expertise: increasing the level of expertise in issues of gender equality and inclusion.
– Strengthening visibility: increasing visibility of the organization’s expertise at the national and international levels.
Civil Society Advisory Panel Meeting: Recommendations for Strengthening the Gender Dimension in Ukraine’s Recovery after URC-2026
POSITION on strengthening cooperation between international partners and civil society in implementing gender mainstreaming in the recovery
Civil Society Advisory Panel Develops Work Plan for 2026
In Ukraine, millions of women remain outside the labor market, although most of them would like to find a job or start their own business. The study showed what prevents women from finding a job, what working conditions are important to them, whether they are ready to improve their skills or master new professions, including “traditionally male” ones, and what potential for the economy is greater involvement of women in the workforce.
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The NGO Vox Ukraine’s research was made possible with the support of the UK Government through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office as part of the project “Women. Peace. Security: Acting Together”, implemented by the Ukrainian Women’s Fund.
Materials of the Workshop «Gender Equality in EU Accession and Recovery as a Driver of Ukraine’s Transformation» at Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2026)
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