Category Archives : 1000.Ukraine


Tetyana Tkachenko (Ukraine)

  “Think! Look for peace and beauty everywhere. If you find peace in your soul, if you see the beauty in the world around you, you will be free.” Tetyana Tkachenko (born 1945) lived and worked as an English teacher in Kiev, 35 km from Chernobyl, when the nuclear catastrophe took place. It opened her […]

Tetyana Tkachenko (Ukraine)

Tatyana Senyushkina (Ukraine)

Tatyana Senyushkina (Ukraine)

“Can we not, as people, finally surmount war and the distress it brings to us?” Tatyana Senyushkina has been studying ethnic conflicts and how to anticipate, prevent, and manage them since 1995. She has published a large number of studies in this field including the “Prevention and Management of Ethnic Conflicts: State and Administrative Measures.” […]


Nina Kolybashkina (Ukraine)

“If not me – then who?” Nina Kolybashkina (born 1958) has worked in the fields of civil society and democratic governance, conflict prevention, and capacity building of non-governmental organizations in different parts of the world. She was a local municipal and community development officer of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission (UNMIK) in Kosovo. She […]

Nina Kolybashkina (Ukraine)

Yevgeniya Leontyeva (Ukraine)

Yevgeniya Leontyeva (Ukraine)

“Knowledge of languages allows people to understand and grasp other cultures and ways of life, and to build good policies in the process of mutual communication.” Yevgeniya Leontyeva has a profound knowledge of the unique ways that different ethnic, political, and social groups articulate their thoughts and she has developed the ability to communicate them […]


Lyubomira Boychishin (Ukraine)

Lyubomira Boychishin (Ukraine)

“My goals are to raise public awareness and attention to the problems of disabled people, to attain equal rights for all citizens of my country.” Lyubomira Boychishin (born 1952) established the Information and Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Women “Lyubomira.” She herself is disabled and in a wheelchair. Since 1998, the center has carried out projects […]


Olena Suslova (Ukraine)

“I realized the meaning of empowerment. It makes you feel strong without arms, without police, without trucks. You are strong owing to your confidence, peaceful aims, solidarity.” Olena Suslova, born in 1958, is an instructor, researcher, and editor. She is co-author of the Empowering Education Program (EEP) and has trained such diverse groups as youth, […]

Olena Suslova (Ukraine)

Nina Karpachova (Ukraine)

“To love and protect people. To follow the dictates of my conscience and always fight for the rights of people, their honor and dignity.” Nina Karpachova was elected Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights in 1998. Her top priorities include safeguarding individual’s rights to a fair trial, freedom of speech, the rights of orphans, the […]


Valentyna Dovzhenko (Ukraine)

“Never bill for your personal time, and strive to accomplish all you started.” Valentyna Dovzhenko (57) is actively engaged in public service work at national and international levels. Through governmental and non-governmental organizations, she focuses on developing strategies to resolve issues related to protecting the rights of women and children (UN Convention on the Rights […]