“With the support from UNESCO NUJU provides body armor for women journalists,” Lina Kushch

Women journalists face various challenges during the war: physical safety, economic and social insecurity, the possibility of illegal detention, and psychological pressure. Lina Kushch, the First Secretary of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, told about this during the round table “Safety of female journalists in Ukraine during the war.”

“We try to build our activities to help journalists in accordance with how we can respond to these challenges. For example, if we are talking about the physical safety of female journalists working on the front line, at NUJU, we have high-class protective equipment: bulletproof vests, helmets, and individual tactical first-aid kits. When body armor and helmets were ordered, they were expected to be of different sizes. Including small ones for female journalists,” she said.

Lina Kushch also noted that with support from UNESCO, the Union can provide body armor weighing up to 6 kg, which is suitable for women.