Civil Society

Making democracy work requires informed and active citizens to understand how to voice their interests, act collectively, and hold public officials accountable. We see democracy as a particular way of life, standing for equality, pluralism, rule of law, and protection of the human rights. In this way, we break with conventional understanding of democracy as the tool of governments, which is often monopolised by unjust agendas. Here we explore Ukrainian civil society, its vibes and culture.

 

INTERVIEW | From Prolonged War to Navigating a New Donbas – interview with Ukrainian activist and ex-chief adviser to Minister of Defense Oleksandr Danylyuk

Despite Ukraine asserting its independence under fire, the past three years of hybrid warfare have...
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20 April, 2017

NATIONAL IDENTITY DEBATE: Should Kyiv embrace country’s multicultural heritage or strive for a more Ukrainian Ukraine?

For the past quarter of a century, Ukraine’s post-Soviet national identity crisis has been a...
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21 March, 2017

ARTICLE | LET’S NOT MAKE UKRAINE POLICY WITHOUT TALKING TO UKRAINIANS

With their determination, optimism and patriotism, Ukrainians continue to defy expectations. Those...
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05 March, 2017

ARTICLE | THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDEPENDENT UKRAINE: LATE STARTS, FALSE STARTS, AND LAST CHANCE?

Despite 1991’s great expectations of a successful transition to a strong market economy, Ukraine...
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02 March, 2017

REPORT | POLICY BRIEFS ON GOOD E-GOVERNANCE

The Policy Briefs Series on Good E-Governance aim to serve as pragmatic, evidence based briefs to...
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26 February, 2017

ARTICLE | BITTER HARVEST: LIGHT ON UKRAINIAN TRAGEDY

Finally the world will see this horrific historic tragedy that occurred in Ukraine missing in most...
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24 February, 2017

ARTICLE | COULD 2017 SIGNAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FOR UKRAINE?

A significant number of forecasts predict shifts for Ukraine in the next year. Is this a sign that...
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02 February, 2017

ARTICLE | A FILM WHICH DIVIDES POLES AND UKRAINIANS

The film elicited critical reactions. The attractiveness of the film for the Russian propaganda...
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23 January, 2017

ARTICLE | UKRAINIANS HAVE A PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING THEIR RIGHTS

Political philosopher Mykhailo Minakov discussed with Hromadske’s Nataliya Gumenyuk a recent UNDP...
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20 January, 2017

ARTICLE | YOUNG WOMEN FACE OBSTACLES AS THEY WIN POWER IN UKRAINE

Women now make up nearly 12 percent of Ukraine’s legislature, a high proportion compared to...
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19 January, 2017

ARTICLE | IS THE EU-UKRAINE DCFTA A ‘STIMULUS’ FOR CHANGE?

Primary associations in Ukraine did business with ‘uncertainty’, ‘corruption’, ‘the lack...
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11 January, 2017

ARTICLE | UKRAINIAN DIASPORA – AN INFLUENCIAL FIGHTER IN THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS

Starting from the Euromaidan uprising and continuing to the present days of fragile ceasefire and...
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13 December, 2016