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23 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Листопад 2022 With the need for aid in Ukraine remaining immense, the UNWLA welcomed the invitation re - ceived from the Acting Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau, for a roundtable dis - cussion on global help for and the current needs of Ukraine’s women. Held on September 21 at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City, the roundtable was hosted by UNWLA President Natalie Pawlenko in cooperation with UNWLA Honorary President Marianna Zajac, who serves as World Federation of Ukrain - ian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO) First Vice President and Ukrainian World Congress Board Member. The event included participants from the Department of State, guests from Ukraine who were in New York for the opening of the UN General Assembly, and several UNWLA members who serve as WFUWO represent - atives to the UN: WFUWO Main Representative to UN/ ECOSOC Martha Kichorowska Kebalo, PhD, who prepared the roundtable materials; WFUWO Main Representative to the UN Department of Global Commu - nications Irene Jarosewich, who served as discussion moderator; and WFUWO Representative to UN/ECOSOC Sofika Zielyk, who serves as Chair of the WFUWO Committee on Ukrainian Cul - ture. Roundtable participants (l-r) Lidia Mykytyn (Director of Advocacy Programs for the Ukrainian World Congress), Irene Jarosewich, Marianna Zajac, Natalie Pawlenko, Kateryna Levchenko (Ukraine), Elizabeth Trudeau, Oksana Kis (Ukraine), Maria Dmytriyeva (Ukraine), Sofika Zielyk. Martha Kichorowska Kebalo took part in the discussion via Zoom. Ukrainian Women and the War The wide-ranging discussion touched on a number of critical issues: • the massive internal displacement of the population; • wartime violence (including sexual violence) against women, along with sex trafficking, abduction, disappearance, and imprisonment; • the need for more psychologists and social workers to assist individuals experiencing despair, addiction, and emotional problems as a result of the stress of the war; • providing financial assistance and creating employment opportunities; • the effect of the war on higher education, with many institutions de - stroyed by russian shelling, faculty displaced, and tens of thousands of students living as refugees outside Ukraine; • Ukraine’s reconstruction in the post-war future. Elizabeth Trudeau responded by acknowledging the multiple conse - quences of the war and confirming America’s long-term commitment to ensuring that Ukraine has the resources needed to win. She added that war crimes must be addressed, and russia must be effectively sanc - tioned. She recommended that Ukrainian community representatives meet with diplomats of other nations to update them about conditions in Ukraine, and stressed the importance of engaging the nations of South America and Africa. She urged the community to work with internation - al media to keep the message of the nature of the war – a war against democracy – in the public eye. Sofika Zielyk presented Trudeau with a pysanka and relayed the Ukrainian leg - end that the world will survive as long as people continue to design pysanky . Marianna Zajac concluded the roundtable with a strong message: historical - ly, empires end, and the time has come for an end to the russian empire. UNWLA MEETS WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE UNWLA MEETS WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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