Women and feminism in Ukraine: war as a challenge, war as an opportunity

As part of the ‘Ukrainian Library’ series, the Centre for Research on Europe and Eurasia (CREE) at INALCO and the Centre for Russian, Caucasian, Eastern European and Central Asian Studies (CERCEC) invite you to a lecture by Olena Strelnyk entitled: “Women and Feminism in Ukraine: War as a Challenge, War as an Opportunity”.
This academic event will be held in English.
Portrait photo d'une femme blonde avec une veste beige
Portrait d'Olena Strelnyk © Photo personnelle‎

Speaker

  • Olena Strelnyk, sociologist, research director at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
The session will be moderated by :
  • Iryna Dmytrychyn, senior lecturer and head of Ukrainian studies (CREE, Inalco)

Speaker profile

Olena Strelnyk is a sociologist and Director of Research at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Her research focuses on inequalities and gender relations, as well as on the structures and forms of care in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war since 2014. She is the author of a monograph on the sociology of motherhood in Ukraine, Турбота як робота: Материнство у фокусі соціології (Care as Work: Motherhood through the Lens of Sociology, 2017), as well as the essay A Strawberry on a Cactus: 45 Questions on Gender (In)equality and Feminism (A Strawberry on a Cactus: 45 Questions on Gender (In)equality and Feminism), published in 2026 by Creative Women Publishing.

‘Ukrainian Library’ series

This series aims to reflect on current affairs in Ukraine in the broadest sense, through recent publications dedicated to or relating to Ukraine.

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