Solutions from Ukraine: Zhytomyr region launches project to celebrate inspiring women
Actress and journalist Tamila Butko
The cultural project "Interactive Museum 'Voices of Women of Zhytomyr Region'" has been launched in the Zhytomyr region. It aims to celebrate and promote the achievements of the region's remarkable women.
Ukrinform reported this.
"A large-scale cultural project, the Interactive Museum "Voices of Women of Zhytomyr Region," has started in the Zhytomyr region. This project brings back from oblivion the names of outstanding women of the region. We are creating a new format for studying history.
Thanks to artificial intelligence technologies, non-standard artistic reconstructions of portraits of outstanding women of the Zhytomyr region have been created," the public organization Kitchen of Useful Things said.
Additionally, audio stories about each of the project's featured women, narrated by Zhytomyr actress and journalist Tamila Butko, have been published on the YouTube channel of the NGO Kitchen of Useful Things.
Photo: NGO "Box of Useful Things"
The project also features exhibitions in Zhytomyr, Berdychiv, Zviahel, and Korosten, where visitors can view life-size figures of the heroines and listen to stories about their lives.
The project's final stage will be a theatrical performance in the format of documentary theater, highlighting the daily exploits of Ukrainian women who emerge as leaders in their communities and societies.
The project is dedicated to 12 women associated with the Zhytomyr region. These are:
- writer and scientist Olena Pchilka,
- public and political activist Vira Nechaivska,
- volunteer and philanthropist Nataliia Orzhevska,
- vocal teacher at the Volyn Music College in Zhytomyr Sofiia Kosova,
- public activist Wanda Shchekovska,
- human rights activist and deputy of the Polish Sejm Olena Levchanivska,
- poet and translator Veronika Morozivna,
- scientist and founder of the geobotanical department at the Zhytomyr Volyn Museum, Nadiia Kopachevska,
- director of the Zhytomyr Women's Gymnasium and one of the organizers and active participants of the "Sokil" society Nadiia Ovsianikova,
- ballerina and founder of the Ukrainian National Ballet Nataliia Skorulska,
- author of sculptures in the genre of small forms Valentyna Trehubova,
- children's writer Mariia Ponomarenko.
Photo: NGO "Box of Useful Things"
The project, which will last until May 2025, is being implemented with the support of the Ukrainian Women's Fund.
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Ot should be noted that the online marathon "(Un)known Women on Wikipedia" was held until January 10, 2025. The goal is to highlight women's achievements and role in history by creating or improving articles about prominent women figures.
