The Ukrainian Bar Association invites you to attend the IV Women's Leadership Forum "Gender Equality-Inequality: Rethinking and Finding Balance"

Date: March 14-15, 2024

Venue: Kyiv, Space "Values" (69 Volodymyrska St.) / online Zoom

This year's theme of the forum is very important and relevant. You will hear from modern leaders who will share their experience and knowledge of transformation in the new realities. They will talk about their success stories, challenges they have faced, and give advice and insights.

Participation in the forum on March 15 is free for all participants.

By purchasing a ticket for March 14, you will get access to both days of the event. This allows you to enjoy a wide range of keynotes, panel discussions, and workshops scheduled for both days of the forum.

This forum aims to provide inspiration to participants and help them find balance in their lives and development. Register now to join the discussions, meetings and new opportunities for you and your professional growth.

PROGRAM: 

Day 1: March 14, 2024

Venue: Kyiv, Values Space, 69 Volodymyrska St.

09:30–10:00 Registration of participants. Welcome coffee 

10:00–10:10 Opening of the event

Tetyana Lysovets, Vice President of the UBA, Senior Partner at Sokolovskyi and Partners

10:10 - 10:40 Keynote speaker 

Oleksandra Matviychuk, Ukrainian human rights activist, laureate of the Vasyl Stus and Democracy Defender awards. Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. Works on human rights issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region.

10:40–12:00 Session 1: Leadership in the new environment

Moderator: 

Anastasia Didenko, Senior Associate at LCF Law Group

Issues for discussion: 

• Modern leadership
• Changes in gender balance
• Roles taken on by women
• Participants of the discussion:

Svitlana Yakovleva, judge of the Criminal Court of Cassation within the Supreme Court

Inna Sovsun, Member of Parliament of Ukraine

Khrystyna Kit, Head of the NGO "Association of Women Lawyers of Ukraine "JurFem", attorney at law, PhD in Law

Talina Kravtsova, Partner at Asters

Galyna Zahorodniuk, attorney at law Guest lecturer at the Ukrainian Catholic University, member of the Women-on-Boards Ukraine 

Iryna Rubis, Executive Director of Biasless (NGO "The Day After Tomorrow"), author and leader of the Ukrainian national survey on gender equality and dissent "Equality"

12:00–12:30 Coffee break

12:30-13:50 Session 2: Personal transformation of women

Moderator: 

Larysa Denysenko, Ukrainian writer, lawyer, human rights activist, TV, and radio presenter

Questions for discussion: 

• Protecting women's rights: challenges and strategies and talk about protecting women's rights from the perspective of family law
• How women have changed in society, family, and work
• Mental support
• Own way of transformation
• Participants of the discussion:

Tetiana Lysovets, Vice President of the UBA, Senior Partner of Sokolovskyi and Partners Law Firm

Alyona Shulima, Partner at Pragma Consulting Group, Head of the UBA GR Committee, PhD, Head of the Supervisory Board of the NGO Space 500 (Public restaurant TM Urban Space 500, partner of HeForShe).

Olena Sibirtseva, counsel at AGA Partners, attorney at law, Head of the UBA Committee on Civil, Inheritance and Family Law

Karina Panchenko, partner at Miller Law Firm, attorney at law

Natalia Tuzheliak, attorney at White & Case LLP (Ukraine, France) and solicitor of England and Wales, legal director of Ensemble Ukraine (France), member of the Board of Professional Government Association (Ukraine).

13:50-14:00 Charity lottery "Values" for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

14:00–16:00 Tea ceremony and neurography by Isaeva Gallery

Day 2: March 15, 2024

Venue: online (Zoom)

12:30–14:00 Pushing the horizons: where and how our decisions lead us

Moderator: 

Aminat Suleymanova, Managing Partner at AGA Partners

Participants and topics of discussion:

Iryna Nikitina, strategic advisor of legal partnerships, ideologist and researcher at LegalTalents.Report

• How lawyers make decisions: from theory to practice

Nadiya Bilous, Senior Director - General Counsel, CEEMEA Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, The LEGO Group

• Inspiration for moving forward: a case study

Darya Dashenkova, Head of Retail and Culinary Transformation Support, Legal Department, MHP PJSC

• Student League: from student to legal department of the largest agricultural holding

14:00-15:00 Master class from a psychologist

Natalia Sheremeta, business coach and mentor of the Google resilience program

Registration is required to participate in the event.

Participation is considered confirmed after payment of the registration fee.

For more information about the event, participation as a speaker and partnership opportunities, please contact us by phone: +38 (098) 764-21-53 (WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber) or e-mail: forum@uba.ua. Contact person — Tetiana Fodor.