Merited Artist of Ukraine. She is a two-time laureate of the Zolota Dzyga and Kinokolo national film awards, winner of the Teletriumph award and laureate of the Kyiv Pectoral theatre award. She is the winner of the Golden Duke Award at the Odesa International Film Festival for the best acting performance in the film My Thoughts Are Quiet. Irma is also the winner of the Kyiv Award named after I. Mykolaichuk for her outstanding contribution to the development of Ukrainian cinema. She is the winner of the Woman in Art Award in the Theatre and Film category awarded by the United Nations and the Ukrainian Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is an active public figure and advocates for cultural reforms.
Akhtem is a Ukrainian actor and film director of Crimean Tatar origin. He is a Merited Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. He is the Director of the Crimean House state enterprise. Akhtem directed the films Cyborgs, Haytarma, and Someone Else’s Prayer. On 25 February 2022, he voluntarily enlisted in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Currently, he leads the public relations service of the 241st Separate Territorial Defence Battalion.
Director of the Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Ukrainian scientist in the field of socio-economics, demography and labor economics. Academician. The first female member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences.
Vasylisa Stepanenko is an Associated Press journalist, the Pulitzer Prize and the Shevchenko Prize winner, the producer of the documentary film «20 Days in Mariupol», the Academy Award in 2024 winner. In 2024, she entered the list of Forbes under 30 Europe.
With the Associated Press team, journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Yevhen Malolietka arrived to Mariupol on February 24, they were the only international journalists who worked during the city siege and showed the world the russian bombardment of the maternity hospital, mass graves, and deaths of people.
Kateryna Pryimak — head of Veteranka movement, a public figure, a veteran, and a combat medic. In 2014, instead of pursuing a master’s degree in cultural studies, she volunteered on the front lines to rescue the wounded from hotspots. She was awarded the Order of Princess Olga III degree. She has represented Ukraine multiple times at the UN headquarters, authored dozens of informational campaigns and advocacy projects in Ukraine and worldwide. She has been awarded the special distinction Women in Art and has been included in the «UP – 100. Women`s Power» rating.
Editor and journalist with 17 years of media experience. Culture editor of VOGUE Ukraine. Daria’s works were published in international editions, including Vanity Fair, British Vogue, Vogue Poland, etc. Mentor and teacher of SheMedia School initiated by UN Women and the Stockholm School of Economics; Literary School Litosvita.
Curator of the edition «Contemporary Ukrainian prose & poetry in Vogue Ukraine».
Emine Dzhaparova is a Crimean Tatar politician and statesman; she was the first deputy of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba from 2020 to 2024. In her diplomatic work, Emine primarily takes care of the issue of Crimea – in particular, the promotion of the international mechanism for the deoccupation of Crimea «Crimean Platform»; one of the priorities is the development of the national policy of Ukraine’s participation in UNESCO. Dzhaparova was appointed by the president to the position of Permanent Representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna.
Oksana Rubaniak «Ksena» is a servicewoman, a platoon commander of Ukrainian Armed Forces, a poet, a writer and a public activist.
On February 24, 2022, Oksana joined the Voluntary Formation of the Ivano-Frankivsk Territorial Community No. 3, and then – Ukrainian Armed Forces. For one and a half years, she was the only woman among the servicemen of the machine gun platoon of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade named after «Chorni Zaporozhtsi» military unit. At the beginning of 2024 she became a platoon commander of Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Author of poetry collections: «Ornaments of Fate», «To meet death», «The Road of Life».
Vitaliy Mykhailovskiy is a historian, academic lecturer, and publicist. He studies and teaches medieval and early modern history of Ukraine and Central and Eastern Europe at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University. He is the author of six monographs (one co-authored).