More than two years have passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. During this time, the Russian army has killed over 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers, and hundreds of thousands have been injured and killed. The Russian forces have systematically committed crimes against the civilian population, including torture, rape, physical and psychological violence, and bombing civilians and infrastructure. Despite these atrocities, the resistance of the Ukrainian people has been heroic, with Ukrainian women taking an active role in the defense of their country.
We asked Ukrainian feminists to speak on why the struggle against Russia’s imperialist invasion is not only about Ukraine, and why it is also about the future of humanity and should matter to the whole world
This video concludes with messages of solidarity from a U.S. Black feminist and an Iranian feminist.
1:30 Why did Russia launch the full-scale invasion in 2022?
4:01 What would happen if Ukraine did not get military aid
4:47 Ukrainians are fighting an assault on their very existence as a people
8:04 What is unique and humanist about the resistance of the Ukrainian people against invasion and authoritarianism?
11:00 Why is Ukraine’s resistance also a feminist struggle?
13:11 Ukraine’s victory will be a victory for feminism around the world and its defeat, a victory for misogyny and slavery
15:10 What can others do to support the Ukrainian resistance?
19:08 International Solidarity from Intersectional Feminists
🎙️Ukrainian Feminist Speakers:
Hanna Perekhoda
Historian, Activist
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Marichka Buchelnikova
Activist, Communications Expert, Co-founder of Ukraine Explainers, Project Manager of Ukraine War Archive
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Sasha Romantsova
Human Rights Defender, Executive Director of the Center for Civil Liberties (2022 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate)
The Center for Civil Liberties https://ccl.org.ua/en/
Tetiana Hranchak
Board Member of the Ukrainian Library Association, PhD in History and Social Communications, Professor
🎙️International Feminist Messages of Solidarity:
Wonda Powell, Professor Emerita of History, Los Angeles Southwest College
Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian feminist attorney and human rights activists
Her message is a translation of her March 1, 2022 open letter to the United Nations Secretary General https://www.tribunezamaneh.com/a…
🎥 Video produced by:
Frieda Afary
Iranian American author, translator and activist
and
NGO Feminist Workshop, Lviv, Ukraine
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Cover image: Cassandra Rivera
Published September 2024
