From Risk to Resilience: Women-Led Holistic Security and Gender Equality in Ukraine

Implementation period:

2026 –2029

Regions:

National level

Target audience:

Women's rights organizations (WROs), gender analytical centers; local authorities and service providers responsible for security; national government institutions, particularly those involved in gender equality policy, statistics, and recovery planning; women activists and leaders, internally displaced women, veterans, family members of veterans.

About the project:

The aim of the project “From Risk to Resilience: Women-Led Holistic Security and Gender Equality in Ukraine” is to enhance safety and resilience of women in Ukraine in the context of war and recovery through implementation of sustainable holistic gender-responsive approaches in local decision-making, national policy frameworks, and multi-stakeholder partnerships grounded in robust gender analysis.

Expected results:

• WROs and local authorities in five pilot regions jointly develop and pilot sustainable, gender-sensitive holistic security solutions that can be integrated into community safety planning.
• Gender-sensitive policy monitoring is informed by solid gender-disaggregated data with the use of the EU-standard Gender Equality Index and with full transfer of the Index methodology to national institutions.
• Women beneficiaries, including those from vulnerable groups, become more united and visible through participation in regional and national events, as well as information campaigns and trainings.

Project objectives:

• Strengthen capacity of women’s rights organizations and enhance collaboration between WROs and authorities to develop gender-sensitive policies at the local and national levels.
• Improve community safety and resilience through gender-sensitive risks analysis, development and implementation of local holistic security plans co-designed by women’s rights organizations, service providers and local governments.
• Strengthen the national gender equality monitoring system through development and institutionalization of the Gender Equality Index.
• Improve leadership capacity, psycho-emotional resilience, financial literacy, and visibility in the recovery agenda of women activists at the local and national levels.