LVIV – Celebrating International Women’s Day on March 8, Ukrainians held rallies throughout the country in which activists called on the government to do more on gender equality and safety for women.
Rallies were held in Kyiv, Lviv, Kramatorsk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhia, and were focused on the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women and on gender violence faced by women in Ukraine.