Speaker


Olha Vesnianka

Combatant, military volunteer, Defense Headquarters of Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine

Speaker


Olga Vesnianka is a Ukrainian combatant, military volunteer, human rights defender, expert. She took arm into the arms to defend Ukraine from russian terrorists in particular Zaporizhzhia region. In 2022 Olga volunteered in the Headquaters for the treatment of POW. Advocated for the Establishment of the Special International Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. She has experience in human rights, women rights, community policing, multicultural understanding for 20 years. Worked with CoE, UN, OSCE ODIHR. As a journalist before, Olga had Awards, in 2014 she was Euromaidan activist.

Program 2023
10:00 10:45
Stage B
11/11/2023
Panel
Female Combatants: roles and needs in conflict and post-conflict peacebuilding
Crafting peace and building a safer world