The UIA was honored to host the 19th annual International Helvi Sipilä Seminar in partnership with the Permanent Mission of Finland to the UN, the Finnish delegation to CSW69 and esteemed Finnish NGOs, including the Coalition of Finnish Women’s Associations, the Finland National Committee for UN Women, the Finnish Federation of Graduate Women, the National Council of Women of Finland, and YWCA Finland.
The conversation underscored the significance of grassroots empowerment as the backbone of a just and sustainable peace in post-war Ukraine.
Sincere thanks to guest speakers Laura Rissanen (State Secretary to the Minister of Social Security of Finland) and Kirsi Madi (Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, Sustainability and Partnerships, UN Women). Thanks also to panelists Casey Harden (Secretary General YWCA World), Katya Soldak (filmmaker and Forbes journalist), Halyna Skipalska (Ukraine Director, HealthRight International), Oksana Nesterenko (Executive Director of CSO “The Anti-corruption Research and Education Center”), and Silvia Modig (President of the National Council of Women of Finland).
