Ukrainian Parliament, Kiev, November 25 2015
Ukrainian Women’s Fund and the Embassy of Sweden arranged a reading of Seven in the Ukrainian Parliament to start the 16 Days of activism campaign to end violence against women.
Ensemble
- Mustafa Nayem (Journalist and MP)
- Oksana Syroyid (MP and Vice speaker of the Parliament)
- Tamila Tasheva (Women’s rights activist from Crimea)
- Boryslav Bereza (MP)
- Natalia Sumska (People’s Artist of Ukraine)
- Ostap Semerak (MP)
- Iryna Lutsenko (MP)
More information about the event can be found here.
Kiev, March 26 2015
About 700 people watched Seven at the National Music Academy in Kyiv, Ukraine 26 March 2015. The reading in Kyiv will be followed by a number of smaller readings, where and when is to be announced.
In Ukraine, the stories was be read by
- Ada Rogovtseva (Actress)
- Serhiy Zhadan (Poet and novelist)
- Oksana Zabuzhko (Writer)
- Mustafa Nayem (Journalist and MP)
- Oksana Syroyid (MP and Vice speaker of the Parliament)
- Tamila Tasheva (Women’s rights activist from Crimea)
- Svyatoslav Vakarchuk (Rockstar)
Directed by Alexander Kryzhanivsky.
Zhytomyr, October 7 2015
Ukrainian Women’s Fund and the Embassy of Sweden in Kiev arranged a second reading of Seven in cooperation with Seven on Tour in Zhytomyr on October 8. 900 people attended the reading where the Swedish Ambassador Mr. Andreas von Beckerath help an opening speech.
Ensemble
- Lênusâ Slobodenûk
- Lyudmila Zubko
- Peter Avramenku
- Lyudmila Kriklivec′
- Iryna Shynkaruk
- Alexander Malafìjčuku
- Maxim Morozko
Ukrainian Women’s Fund
Ukrainian Women’s Fund is an international charitable organization founded in 2000. The UWF provides civil society organizations (CSOs) in Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus with financial, information and consultation support. They are also a member of International Network of Women’s Funds (INWF), Women’s Funding network (WFN), International Gender Policy Network (IGPN) and Ukrainian Philanthropists Forum.
The aims of the organization is;
- To promote human rights and fundamental freedoms of citizens by strengthening CSOs;
- To attract more resources to support civil society by developing a culture of philanthropy in Ukraine;
- To facilitate the consolidation of the women’s movement as an integral part of civil society in Ukraine, as well as in Moldova and Belarus;
- To enhance public participation in decision making on different levels;
To increase public attention to issues of diversity and gender.
Learn more about Ukrainian women’s Foundation at their website.
Contact information
Ukrainian Women’s Fund
Olesya Bondar
olesya@uwf.kiev.ua
Seven on Tour
Ida Granqvist
ida.helena.granqvist@gmail.com