About LPW
NGO “League of Professional Women” (LPW) unite since 1997 different people for the common goal of expanding the social & economic opportunities of women in Ukraine.
Our mission is promoting the active role of women in the economic and society's life of Ukraine, through learning and professional development; advocacy and networking; informational & cultural support.
LPW is based in Ukraine and has members across the country and abroad from science, education, business and public spheres.
There are four main areas of LPW`s activities:
(1) advocacy & research ; (2) adult learning;
(3) business support organization (BSO) activities and
(4) organize and promote “Creative Social Actions” (CSA).
Core cross - subject activity: women`s career development
LPW has membership: Ukrainian side of the EU-Ukraine Civil Society Platform;Ukrainian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF), Women's Major Group (WMG), UN Global Compact, Platform for “Equal rights and opportunity”, CIVICUS, ITC SheTrade Global, OGP Civil Society Community and other organizations.
For example, about LPW`s engagement (COE) with the United National Global Compact you can read here: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/participants/16742
LPW On-going Activities:
Our 2018-year activities of the League of Professional Women`s leading multi-stakeholder initiative "Partnership on Adult Learning” were approved as "Good Practice on SDGs" by UN DESA in 2019\20 years. It's called "National Advocacy in Promoting Adult Learning Policy in Ukraine".
See: #SDGAction30696
Analytical & Advocacy Division by LPW
The list of the main research and analytical projects , you can see at sub-page of the analytical division here
The Female Entrepreneurial and Intellectual Community by LPW (Community) \ BSO \Business Group
The Community vision (LPW activity as Business Support Organisation (BSO)) is the development of entrepreneurial skills of women and propose intellectual patronage for business in Ukraine.
Currently, Community is operated as an internal LPW program and funded by LPW membership fees and occasional donations.
LPW`s Community hosted a pilot 2019 Women Mentoring Project in Kyiv, Ukraine with support of the CIVICUS and participants fees for the Phase 2 Walk& Talk mentoring project.
See video of the Phase 1 Walk&Talk project (Kyiv, 2019).
Business Community`s communication channels are Facebook Group WE & Google`s tools (Group ListServ. LPW BusInfo-L” ), FB group: Women Entrepreneurship (WE) (FB group open only for LPW`s members & advicers). LPW`s List Serve “LPW BusInfo-L”- electronic moderated dissemination announcements and information on individual travel grants, fellowships, scholarships, trainings, internships, ToRs for research, vacancies, business meetings, legal info etc. from other organizations to our network members. “LPW BusInfo-L” focuses on professional women learning and career`s needs.
Backgraund of the Communty was “Initiative Group on Supporting Women Entrepreneurship” (LPW IG SWE, administrated by LPW in 2013-2017). 2016 Position paper on Women Economic Empowerment in Ukraine (presented by LPW representative to NGOs component under the 60 session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2016 in NY).
The elected Board Members of the League of Professional Women :
President and head of the LPW`s Board - Olena Lazorenko
Coordinators of the Programs:
Olga Gomilko, Valentina Legkha, Nina Chala
List of the LPW`s Grant Projects since 1999 - present
1) 1999
Creation and development of the LPW service and preparing /publication book “How to write Statement of Purpose to Study in the USA” funded by ACCELS, IREX and Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
2) 2001
Development of the LPW Service for members and creation Internet membership Network IREX/IATP (Internet Access and Training Program) funded by KLM (Holand) Team Training Ukraine, Ltd.
3) 2002
Training and 1day Mentorship Programme for Yalta Women Business Club. Co-funded by Yalta Women Business Club and project BIZPRO, funded by USAID, USA.
4) 2004
Training "Communication Mastery" funded by United National Development Program in Ukraine
5) 2006-2007
The Corporate Social Responsibility: a Role of the State, Expectation of a Civil Society and Practice of the Ukrainian Commercial Sector (4 months) funded by Canada Fund for Local Initiatives at Canada Embassy in Ukraine
6) 2007-2008
Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Ukraine Through Publications and Trainings (8 months) funded by Democracy Grants Program of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine
7) 2008
Publication and Promotion book “CSR Guide”. Funded by Nadra Bank Charity Donations
8) 2010
“Women Initiative for Senior People from Capital and Small Towns of Kyiv Region” (3 months) funded by Canada Fund for Local Initiatives at Canada Embassy in Ukraine and support by Kyiv Region State Administration.
9) 2010
Research and Networking events for the promotion Lifelong learning concept in Ukraine (4 months) funded by dvv international Ukraine
10) 2011
East Invest project activities for partners: Development Business Support Organization and Internationalization SME: Академія Еврочембер / EUROCHAMBRES Academy, BSO Audit, TOT, Partner at EU project East Invest
11) 2012
Building capacities and twinning cooperation for effective support to women entrepreneurs, in the framework of the East Invest Programme funded by EU project East Invest
12) June 2013
Training one day program on «Storytelling in Civil Society Organization`s Communication» funded by International Charitable Foundation “SOS Children Village”
13) April-September 2018 \ November 2018-March 2019
Analytic project “Analysis of Adult Learning Policy in Ukraine”; Workshop “Adult Learning Policy as Pathway to Implement European Integration of Ukraine & SDG #4”. November 2018-March 2019 Olena Lazorenko served as Civic Adviser for the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine on the draft Law of Ukraine “On Adult Education in Ukraine” with support of the Civic Synergy Project. Funded and support of the EU and the International Renaissance Foundation within the framework of the Civic Synergy Project.
14) February- March 2019. April 2019
ICSW Local Ukraine: Women's Mentoring Walk & Talk suppoerted by CIVICUS. Travel grant from CIVICUS.
15) November 2020 – February 2021
Research Project "Decentralisation and local government in the EaP countries". Project team: N. Chala, O. Drabyk, Lada L. Roslycky
Funded by EaP CSF COVID-19 POLICY PAPER Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum. 2021.
16) February 2020- March 2021
“Women`s Learning Needs Analysis in Ukraine” Research Project. Project outcome was online and print publication in Ukrainian with Executive summary in English. Funded by CIVICUS Solidarity Fund
17) July-October 2022
Analytical Project “Analytics of Adult Learning in Ukraine in the Context of Ukraine Apply to the EU Membership”
Policy paper and policy’s brief. Funding by the project “Support activities of UNP EaP CSF in 2021-2023” implemented by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting with the financial support of the European Union.
18) October 2022-January 2023
Project “Recovering Capacity of Ukrainian Women Network for Advocacy & Analytics Activities”. Funded by EaP CSF Re-granting Scheme, which is funded by the European Union.
19) June 2023
EU4BCC MOBILITY SCHEME program for BSO leaders. Mobility took part in Bary, Italy. Funded by EU and supported by EUROCHEMBERS.
20) JuLy 2023 -March 2024
Small published project with support of Polish insitution. Outcome publication of joint article of Ukraine & Polish social rsearchers.
21) June-October 2024
Analytical Review of Women's Condition in Economy and Education & Learning Areas in Ukraine in EU Perspective & Beijing + 30 Framework. Policy paper in UA with executive summary in EN. Funded by project “Supporting the activities of the Ukrainian National Platform of the EaP CSF in 2024” implemented by the Institute for Economic Research and Policy Consulting with the financial support of the European Union.
22) October 2024 and November 2024
Travel Grants to LPW members: in October 2024 to Beijing +30 Civil Society Forum in Geneva, Switherland supported and funded by NGO CSW Geneva\ Municipal Geneva\ UNECE and in November 2024 to EaP CSF Civil Society Summit 2024 in Vienna, Austria, supported by EaP Civil Society Forum and EU.