Analytical and informational resources on gender mainstreaming and inclusion in recovery.
2026. Analytical report “From Inactivity to Productivity: The Economic Impact of Integrating Women Into The Labour Market”
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.
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 URC2026 Workshop on gender mainstreaming
Materials of the Workshop «Gender Equality in EU Accession and Recovery as a Driver of Ukraine’s Transformation» at Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2026)
Declaration of the Feminist Movement of Ukraine: We Amplify International Impact
At the Fifth Feminist Forum in June 2026, held within the Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership project, leaders and activists united to develop the Declaration of the feminist movement of Ukraine. The document defines common vision of the international advocacy, priorities and principles of cooperation. Among the priorities of the feminist movement – gender responsive recovery and human capital development.
2026. Analytical report “Integrated Gender-Responsive Community Recovery: Tools for Data Analysis and Scenario Planning”
The analytical report presents the results of a study aimed at developing tools for the analysis and improvement of strategic documents of territorial communities of Ukraine, in particular, development strategies, comprehensive recovery programs and other program documents. The purpose of the analytical report is to study the level of integration of the gender approach in the strategic documents of territorial communities and to develop approaches to improving the quality of strategic planning in conditions of recovery and development.
The study was conducted with the support of the Norwegian people provided through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway (Norwegian MFA) under the project “Building Gender-Inclusive Recovery Together with the Women’s Movement of Ukraine” (GEN-Recovery), implemented by the Ukrainian Women’s Fund in consortium with FOKUS (Norway) and the NGO “La Strada–Ukraine.” Responsibility for the content of the information lies with the NGO “Center for Civic Initiatives ‘The Intelligence of Sumy Region’”.
2026. Analytical report “Instruments to engage additional resources for gender-sensitive and inclusive recovery of the hromadas of Ukraine”
The report analyses the level of ensuring gender equality in planning community recovery and development processes, implementing new public services, using financial resources by local governments, and monitoring and evaluating the results achieved for community residents. The study included online surveys of the representatives of the local self-government bodies (69 hromada questionnaires from 16 oblasts of Ukraine); in-depth interviews with experts, focus group studies; desk research, and others.
This report was made possible owing to the support of the Norwegian people, provided via the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Aff airs under the project «Designing Gender-Inclusive Recovery together with the Women’s movement of Ukraine» (GEN-Rebuilding), which is implemented by the Ukrainian Women’s Fund in consortium with FOKUS (Norway) and NGO «La Strada – Ukraine». CSO «Bureau of Gender Strategies and Budgeting» bears responsibility for the content.
POSITION on strengthening cooperation between international partners and civil society in implementing gender mainstreaming in the recovery
Participants of the event “On the Road to URC 2025: Strengthening Cooperation between International Partners and Civil Society,” held on December 16, 2025, in Kyiv, adopt this Position and call to make practical steps aimed at implementation of the “10 Blocks of Gender-Sensitive and Inclusive Recovery” recommendations in international recovery projects and programs.
This document is the result of joint efforts by the expert community of the Civil Society Advisory Panel under the Platform for Ensuring Gender Mainstreaming and Inclusion in Recovery.
The 10 blocks of gender responsive and inclusive recovery incorporate the needs of women and men, boys and girls from diverse groups.
Only this approach can bring the principle “build back better” to life.
Participation of women in decision-making is a key component of effective recovery and will be a lasting investment in the future.
2025. ANALYTICAL REPORT. Redefining Resilience: Strengthening Women-Led Organisations to Lead GBV Interventions in Crisis Situations
This report highlights the critical role of Women-Led Organisations (WLOs) in humanitarian action and exposes systemic barriers that undermine their ability to participate meaningfully and lead effectively. Despite their frontline efforts in addressing gender-based violence (GBV), WLOs remain critically underfunded, excluded from decisionmaking, and undervalued within a patriarchal humanitarian system.
The international community can and must seize the opportunity to transform GBV prevention, mitigation and response, ensuring these efforts are more inclusive, effective, and sustainable. The report is based on the experiences of 9 countries nine countries across the Middle East and North Africa, West and Central Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Ukraine.
This report was commissioned by CARE Deutschland e.V., with funding by the German Federal Foreign Office.
2025. ANALYTICAL REPORT based on the results of the study “Women’s Dimension of Recovery”
NGO Common goodness
The study aims to determine whether communities apply gender equality principles when developing recovery plans, and what is the role of women in this process, to study the experiences of women who lead communities or play a prominent role in its governance, and also to identify the challenges that women face in recovery processes.
The study was made possible thanks to the support of the from the UK Government, provided through the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, as part of the project “Women. Peace. Security: Acting Together” implemented by the Ukrainian Women’s Fund. The view, expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect those of the Government of United Kingdo, Ukrainian Women’s Fund or the Government Commissioner for Gender Policy
