Our Awards 2024

In 2024 Olha Hinchar received a Woman in Arts Award in the category “Women in Cultural Management”

Olha develops the “Territory of Terror Museum”, where she occupies the director position, and initiates and coordinates the work of the Museum Crisis Center.  

Olga also advocates for support for the museum environment in times of war, protects Ukrainian cultural heritage in Ukraine, and promotes Ukrainian culture internationally. 

Now Olga has two additional hands (the winning statuette is an intertwined pair of hands by artist Maria Kulikovska, symbolizing support and protection, as well as women's labor). 

 "It's flying," as the laureate says.
 

Read about all the laureates.


The Woman in Arts Award in the Women in Cultural Management nomination is for women who organize or present cultural events. 


The slogan of this year's prize is "Until the storm is over". In 2024, the fifth-anniversary edition of the Prize is dedicated to the resilience of women artists and their art. It expresses public gratitude for their contribution to the cultural sphere during the war.



The award ceremony honored the memory of artists who died as a result of Russian aggression: Viktoria Amelina, Lyubov Panchenko, Olha Pavlenko, Iryna Tsvila, Natalia Kharakoz, Vira Hyrych, Oksana Shvets, Iryna Osadcha, Nadiia Agafonova, Viktoria Tymoshenko, Yelyzaveta Ochkur, Sonia Amelchiykova. 

 

Women in Arts — is an independent award founded in 2019 by the Ukrainian Institute and UN Women in Ukraine as part of the HeForShe movement for gender equality. It was established to support the professional development of women in the field of art and culture, as well as to overcome gender stereotypes and eliminate inequality.

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