'We often see women only as victims. And this prevents us from seeing them as solutions.' As leaders gather to generate support for Ukraine's recovery, we must place women at the center:
, was the only representative of Ukrainian civil society among the more than 30 conference speakers in Berlin.
“Women who are protecting the country from inside know how to be crisis managers now. And this is the skill that, in my opinion, will be very much needed for the whole country when we start recovery,” Karbowska said. The Group of 7 and top donor countries, especially those with feminist foreign policies, have also promoted gender equality as fundamental pillars of their development strategies. The recent G7 communiqué commits to “advancing, implementing and strengthening” the WPS agenda, along with unwavering support for “sustainable and resilient recovery and green reconstruction of Ukraine.” These efforts should go hand in hand.
Second, reconstruction should enable women’s active participation in Ukraine’s recovery and postwar society. International financial institutions and private donors should invest in women-owned and women-led businesses and small and medium-sized companies, as well as local nongovernmental organizations, women-led groups and human-rights monitoring entities, who can all partner with the government on aid delivery and oversight. Creating jobs for women and men will be crucial.
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