Tetiana Bayeva is a trainer in gender issues and the head of the NGO Podilskyi Centre “Genderna rada” in Ukraine. She has expertise in providing business development assistance to women’s startups. In the early 90s, Tetiana worked to combat human trafficking and domestic violence as part of a Business Women’s Association in Khmelnytskyi region. In 2007, the Podilskyi Centre “Genderna rada” was established to strengthen women’s rights in the political and economic spheres. At the beginning of the war in 2014, Tetiana took part in a project of an international migration organization that provided equipment for self-employment and business development to internally displaced persons (IDPs). In 2019, with Tetiana’s assistance, an Information and Consultation Centre for families of Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) and Joint Forces Operations (JFO) participants was opened in Khmelnytskyi. In 2018, Tetiana also worked actively on the National Action Plan (NAP) for the Implementation of UN Resolution 1325 and initiated the creation of the Coalition “Khmelnytskyi region 1325” which includes over 30 NGOs and state institutions in order to localize the NAP in the region. Tetiana is also the head of the Women’s Movement of Khmelnytskyi region which includes more than 20 women’s and feminist NGOs and she supports the creation of Equal Opportunities deputy groups in public councils in several regions of Ukraine such as Chernivtsi and Chernihiv.
