As part of the event, the Ukrainian Veterans Fund of the Ministry for Veterans Affairs, the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO), and the sociological group Rating will present the study:
”Discrimination of different social groups in the Armed Forces: views of military personnel and civilians”
We will also discuss complex but important topics:
- The veteran policy is one of the Government’s priorities. More than 15% of the population of Ukraine will be connected to veteran services after the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Is the state ready?
- Discrimination in the ranks of the Armed Forces. Which categories are most vulnerable, and why is it important to investigate?
- Respect for veterans is key to productive communication between the state and society.
- How attitudes toward servicewomen in the Armed Forces and society have changed since 2014. Is ”positive discrimination” a challenge?
- Fighters with wounds: to the rear, battle, or home? Military response.
Participants:
- Representatives of the Ministry of Defence
- Svitlana Berezina, Director of the Directorate for Strategic Planning and the European Integration of the Ministry for Veterans Affairs
- Ruslan Velychko, First Deputy Executive Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Fund of the Ministry for Veterans Affairs
- Oksana Hryhorieva, Adviser on gender issues to the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Svitlana Musiiaka, Head of NAKO Research and Policy
- Liubomyr Musiv, Deputy Director of Rating Sociological Group
- Mariia Berlinska, Veteran, volunteer
- Mamuka Mamulashvili, the Commander of the Georgian Legion
- Veterans
- Moderator of the event: journalist Nataliia Sokolenko, Presenter of the National Marathon of leading Ukrainian TV channels and radio stations EdynyNnovyny and UArazom
Journalists are requested to register online:
Date and time: June 5, 11:00 a.m.
Place: Media Center Ukraine, Ukrinform (8/16 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi Str.)
Language: Ukrainian with simultaneous English translation
Additional information: you can join the event online during the live broadcast
The study and the event were conducted with the support of the Office of the Special Adviser on Defence of Great Britain.