From heightened trafficking and gender-based violence to the loss of crucial livelihoods and rising poverty levels, women and girls of Ukraine are facing severe impacts. 24 February, 2023 marks one year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian women have been signing up in growing numbers to serve as combat troops against Russia. The BBC spoke to three of the 5,000 female front-line soldiers who are fighting both the enemy,...

The Witches of Bucha, as they call themselves, are a volunteer air defence unit made up almost entirely of women, now helping to protect Ukraine’s skies as more and more men are sent to the ...

The conflict has touched the lives of everyone living in Ukraine, and has had particularly dire effects for women and girls. As of 24 February 2024, Ukrainian civilians have endured two years of war and upheaval following Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country.

A historic number of women have signed up to join the fight against Russia’s advancing forces as Ukraine works to bolster its beleaguered military ranks.

Around 60 per cent of the 7.7 million internally displaced adults are women while 90 per cent of the 5.6 million refugees who fled Ukraine are women and children, making it one of the most gendered displacement crises of our times.

Ukraine, the war has prompted women to take on a range of new roles and responsibilities, some of which both reflect and challenge traditional gender roles. At the same time, disinformation ...

Ukrainian women are super strong, and we demonstrate this to the world. They do men's hard work with excessive loads. We have lifted all restrictions on the professions that women can master in the Armed Forces. Now women are tankers, artillerists, snipers, et cetera. And this is a powerful Ukrainian force."

The number of women in the military has increased significantly since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with more than 62,000 women currently serving in the...