1 December 2025, 12:00–14:00, National Council (2 Prorizna St, Kyiv). Offline participation — by prior registration only. Online livestream — on the National Council’s YouTube channel
On Monday, 1 December 2025, the results of the annual study “Gender Profile of Ukrainian Media – 2025” will be presented. The study has been conducted for the third consecutive year by the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine in cooperation with the NGO Women in Media.
The research is part of the regulator’s systemic efforts to integrate the principles of equal rights and opportunities into the work of Ukrainian newsrooms. In 2025, the monitoring became possible thanks to the financial support of the Council of Europe project “Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Media in Ukraine – Phase II (SFEM-UA)”, implemented within the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine “Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction” (2023–2026).
Despite Russia’s ongoing aggression — which continues to affect staffing, finances and newsroom safety — this year the research team collected 245 questionnaires from media outlets employing 7,184 staff members. The collected data makes it possible to assess trends in gender equality, management practices, social responsibility, and media readiness to implement internal equality policies.
Speakers:
- Olha Herasymiuk, Chair of the National Council of Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine
- Olena Demchenko, Head of the project “Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Media in Ukraine – Phase II” (SFEM-UA), Council of Europe Office in Ukraine
- Liza Kuzmenko, Head of the NGO “Women in Media”, member of the Commission on Journalistic Ethics
- Zoia Krasovska, Media Analyst at the NGO “Women in Media”
- Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech
- Hanna Krasnostup, Director of the Department of Strategic Communications and Promotion of Ukrainian Culture, Ministry of Culture of Ukraine
- Tymur Levchuk, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Starlight Media
- Viktoria Yermolaieva, Editor-in-Chief of Hromadske Radio, Deputy Head of the NGO “Women in Media”
- Anastasiia Hudyma, Director of the Department for Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities, Suspilne
We invite journalists, media experts, media professionals and civil society representatives to join the discussion and participate in the event.
This work was made possible with the financial support of the Council of Europe project “Safeguarding Freedom of Expression and Freedom of the Media in Ukraine – Phase II” (SFEM-UA), implemented by the CoE Division for Cooperation on Freedom of Expression under the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine titled “Resilience, Recovery, and Reconstruction” for 2023–2026.