UN Women in Ukraine and Ukrainian Institute have announced winners of Women in Arts Award. Resistance 2024

On March 6, Kyiv hosted the fifth anniversary award ceremony of the annual Women in Arts award. The Resistance award, which UN Women in Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute recognize the achievements of women in the field of culture and art, and from 2023, their contribution to bringing Ukraine's victory over the aggressor country Russia closer. The event was supported by the Governments of Sweden and Japan, as well as the United Nations Women's Fund for Peace and Humanitarian Assistance.

The names of the winners of the Women in Arts. The Resistance 2024:

Women in the Visual Arts - Kateryna Buchatska
Women in Music - Jamala
Women in the Performing Arts - Oksana Dmitrieva
Women in Cinema - Alisa Kovalenko
Women in literature - Yaryna Chornohuz
Women in cultural management - Olga Gonchar
Women in Cultural Journalism, Criticism and Research - Kateryna Yakovlenko
Special mention - Kateryna Pryimak
"The theme of this year's award is Resistance, the resistance that Ukrainian women are putting up to Russian aggression, amplifying women's voices and calling for a change in the world's perception of Ukraine. I am grateful to each and every one of them, who through their tireless work encourages the international community to act. Ukrainian artists are using all their talent and all available means of art to call on the world to act and support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression," commented Dmytro Kuleba, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Prize.

The winners of the Prize are determined by an expert council and jury consisting of experts in the field of culture and art, representatives of the public sector and independent institutions. The board and jury consist of 42