Understanding each other: “Two hundred years of struggle for rights: the historical path of women in Ukraine and Switzerland”

Text: Svitlana Prokopchuk

New column by Ukrainian journalist, media coordinator of the USB Association Svitlana Prokopchuk
Two hundred years of struggle for rights: women of Ukraine and Switzerland” published in Journal B in Bern.

Did Ukrainian women really have more rights two hundred years ago than Swiss women? In a new column, Svitlana Prokopchuk compares the historical path of women in the two countries — from a chest of drawers with their own belongings and the first educational opportunities to modern challenges with wage inequality, maternity leave, and the role of the state in protecting mothers.

The article is here: https://journal-b.ch/artikel/zweihundert-jahre-kampf-um-rechte/

Illustration by David Fürst

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