Women in Ukraine face a narrow pathway to leadership positions and getting a seat at the decision-making table is a challenge. With this challenge for the current generation comes a challenge for the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cHaving few women entrepreneurs, having not enough representation on boards or in governments or in school boards is a problem because women are not represented,\u201d said Tawnia Sanford Ammar, Project Director for SURGe – Support for Ukraine\u2019s Reforms for Governance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cBut it is also a problem because then we are not showing our daughters how things can be and what they can be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
SURGe works to improve everyday life for Ukrainian citizens through key governance reforms. The reforms are both inclusive and gender-responsive, with a focus on the needs of women and girls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
On September 26, Ammar spoke at the online Superwoman Conference in Kyiv. Ammar addressed the issues of female leadership and entrepreneurship on a panel about advancing women\u2019s economic empowerment in Ukraine \u2013 organized by the Canadian Embassy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Ammar said we must showcase women who are leaders in various industries to create role models for our next generation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe need to have women who are in politics, IT, finance \u2026 because if we don\u2019t see them, we don\u2019t imagine them,\u201d said Ammar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
At the conference, she highlighted initiatives to encourage entrepreneurial spirit among women, such as through the SheExports Program in the Export Promotion Office. This program provides supports designed specifically for female entrepreneurs in Ukraine, developed under Alinea\u2019s legacy project EDGE \u2013 Expert Deployment for Governance and Economic Growth.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
SURGe partners with a wide network of Ukrainian professionals to share their expertise with the Government of Ukraine. Priority areas for the reforms include economic growth, public administration, human capital and combatting corruption. You can learn more about SURGe here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column]\n\t\t\t[\/et_pb_row]\n\t\t[\/et_pb_section]","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Women in Ukraine face a narrow pathway to leadership positions and getting a seat at the decision-making table is a challenge. With this challenge for the current generation comes a challenge for the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cHaving few women entrepreneurs, having not enough representation on boards or in governments or in school boards is a problem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n Women in Ukraine face a narrow pathway to leadership positions and getting a seat at the decision-making table is a challenge. With this challenge for the current generation comes a challenge for the next generation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cHaving few women entrepreneurs, having not enough representation on boards or in governments or in school boards is a problem because women are not represented,\u201d said Tawnia Sanford Ammar, Project Director for SURGe - Support for Ukraine\u2019s Reforms for Governance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cBut it is also a problem because then we are not showing our daughters how things can be and what they can be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n SURGe works to improve everyday life for Ukrainian citizens through key governance reforms. The reforms are both inclusive and gender-responsive, with a focus on the needs of women and girls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n On September 26, Ammar spoke at the online Superwoman Conference in Kyiv. Ammar addressed the issues of female leadership and entrepreneurship on a panel about advancing women\u2019s economic empowerment in Ukraine \u2013 organized by the Canadian Embassy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Ammar said we must showcase women who are leaders in various industries to create role models for our next generation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cWe need to have women who are in politics, IT, finance \u2026 because if we don\u2019t see them, we don\u2019t imagine them,\u201d said Ammar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n At the conference, she highlighted initiatives to encourage entrepreneurial spirit among women, such as through the SheExports Program in the Export Promotion Office. This program provides supports designed specifically for female entrepreneurs in Ukraine, developed under Alinea\u2019s legacy project EDGE \u2013 Expert Deployment for Governance and Economic Growth.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n SURGe partners with a wide network of Ukrainian professionals to share their expertise with the Government of Ukraine. Priority areas for the reforms include economic growth, public administration, human capital and combatting corruption. You can learn more about SURGe here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[526,580],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9364,"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions\/9364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alineainternational.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}