SDG 5. Gender Equality: UzhNU Progress in 2025
In 2025, the UzhNU Centre for Gender Education held 154 educational events for 2,774 participants, coordinated the regional campaign “Lilac Ribbon of Zakarpattia”, which reached almost 43,000 people, and drafted gender provisions for 11 regional and local regulations. Gender equality is embedded in Goal 5 of the draft UzhNU Development Strategy for 2025–2032.
Key figures, 2025
| Indicator | Value |
| Educational events on gender mainstreaming / participants | 154 / 2,774 (78% women, 22% men) |
| Reach of the “Lilac Ribbon of Zakarpattia” campaign | almost 43,000 people |
| Training for territorial communities on violence prevention | 22 events in 40 communities |
| Regulations incorporating the Centre’s proposals | 11 (including 3 regional programmes) |
| Communities advised on local “Women, Peace and Security” plans | 16 |
| Community applications for subventions for survivor support services | 6 submitted, 4 approved by the Cabinet of Ministers |
| Information materials on gender equality | over 15,000 |
University governance and policies
• The Centre for Sustainable Development coordinated the drafting of Goal 5 of the UzhNU Development Strategy, “Implementing a Sustainable Development Policy… Social Inclusion and Gender Equality”; the Centre for Gender Education submitted proposals to the draft.
• For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (12 February), the results of the staff survey “Opportunities and Challenges for Women and Girls in Science in Wartime” were presented.
• The UzhNU Children’s Space (since 2022) and the Centre for the Development of Children, Youth and Teachers (since 2024) support students and staff with children.
National and regional policy
• The Centre for Gender Education sits on the Public Gender Council under the Verkhovna Rada, the Ministry of Education and Science Working Group on Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination in Education, regional coordination councils and a working group on gender budgeting.
• Proposals were submitted to draft amendments to the Law “On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men”. The Centre’s proposals on gender aspects were incorporated into 11 regulations, including three orders of the Head of the Zakarpattia Regional Military Administration of 3 December 2025 (Nos. 817, 819, 821) and decisions of village and settlement councils.
Violence prevention and awareness-raising
• During the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence”: 5 webinars (340 participants), 2 seminars for response actors (47), 2 round tables (88), a creative competition in 40 communities (155) and the video “5 Interviews about Domestic Violence” (15,000 views).
• UzhNU hosted 3 round tables and the International Conference “1325 Strengthens the Country: From Local to Global” marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (31 October), and the installation “1325: The Role of Women in Building Peace in Ukraine”.
• Women’s Talk events (97 participants) and a round table of the Women’s Movement of Zakarpattia hosted by UzhNU (8 December); staff of the Centre for Innovation and Development took part in the feminist intensive “Femfuture” (12 December).
Women in STEM
• Together with the Zonta Club of Uzhhorod, the “Girls in STEM” club was established for female students in STEM programmes.
• The STEMLab Synergy project works to overcome gender stereotypes in STEM education; college students took part in the European project Girls Go Circular.
• The Erasmus+ project “Gender, Digitalisation, Green” (EUR 48,000) is developing courses with partners from Romania, Spain and Portugal.
