2019 first Community`s grant project was “Women's Mentoring Walk & Talk” ("Walk & Talk") in the framework “The Power of Togetherness under ICSW Local Ukraine”. NGO “League of Professional Women” (LPW) was hosted "Walk & Talk" with the support of the CIVICUS. The goal of the project is to strengthen young women and girls in professional development in the fields of science, education, business or public activity in Ukraine. 

An open competition of mentees in Ukraine was conducted based on online questionnaire and interviews. The mentees had an opportunity to choose a mentor (who served pro-bono) from the Community under LPW Network. Our mentees are students, social entrepreneurs, university lectures, young academic. The Walk & Talk was the first informal meeting of all mentors and mentees in Kyiv.The mentorship project of the LPW focuses on the topic of support professional career for women. The LPW is the first NGO in Ukraine that has created a female multy-sectoral mentoring program for mentees who want to grow and develop in one of the four spheres: science, education, business or social activities. Mentors (who work in one of these spheres and are members of the LPW Network) offered their experience and advice to support mentees in their activities within the professional community, becoming a mirror and a role model. During the Walk@ Talk, they discussed their professional challenges, successes and established a mentoring relationship. The second stage of this women mentorship project includes virtual and/or personal mentorship sessions on the conditions of participation of the Community until 1.06.2019 on base of own resources.