Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs has completed the Innovation Camp "Gender in Science and Security", which took place within the framework of the Horizon 2020 project – "European Regional Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age". The event was attended by 27 people.
Among them: children from large families, internally displaced persons, persons who have suffered from domestic violence, orphans, representatives of ethnic groups, family members of ATO / OOS veterans, servicemen involved in hostilities.
The participants of the event were greeted by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Kateryna Pavlichenko and the Rector of Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs Valery Sokurenko.
The contestants attended mentoring sessions with the participation of qualified experts, including: Tatyana Isayeva – gender equality expert, director of NGO "Gender Culture Center". She held a mentoring meeting on the topic "Gender zero point". Nataliya Bobro, Associate Professor of the department of Social and Economic disciplines, PhD in Sociology, provided mentoring support to the participants of the Innovation camp in the session "Gender in Science". Vadym Korshenko – head of the research laboratory on the Issues of Information Technologies Development of KhNUIA, PhD in Law, held a mentoring session on the topic "Gender and Cyber Security".
The contestants' performances were evaluated by qualified jury according to more than 20 criteria. Its members included: Olha Bezpalova – the head of the Department of police activity and Public Administration of KhNUIA, doctor of legal sciences, professor, honored worker of science and technology of Ukraine; Ludmila Sobchenko – the head of the Information Security Department of the KhNUIA, candidate of legal sciences; Solomiya Rozhko – an expert on gender equality in the security sector.
The participants successfully completed the competition tasks and perform the worthily presentation of their projects. According to the jury's decision, the third place was awarded to the girls' team of Faculty No. 4 of KhNUIA consisting of Alina Kryvous and Yulia Bovkun, the second place was taken by cadet of Faculty No. 1 of KhNUIA – Oleksandra Kulak, and the Faculty No. 1 cadet of KhNUIA Vitalya Plys work was recognized as the best and she became the winner. The winner's main prize is participation in three-week Riga-Geneva-Valencia international summer leadership school.
In addition to the cadets of the KhNUIA, female students of other HEI such as: "Podilskyi State University", Specialized college of Economics, Law and Information Technologies of "Kamyaniets-Podilskyi Tax Institute, Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Ohiienko National University.
The assistant to the Rector for Gender Issues of KhNUIA, PhD in Law, Associate Professor Oksana Tsukan became the event coordinator.
"EQUALS-EU Regional Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age" is an international project that has been implemented since January 2021 by 19 project partners from Europe and beyond, under the leadership of the Metropolitan University (Oslo, Norway). The project is funded by the EU Horizon 2020 Framework Program and aims to build capacity in the field of gender-sensitive innovation in Europe and partner countries around the world. EQUALS-EU focuses on key areas of activity such as the experiences of global leaders in innovation, including gender aspects, as well as new ideas for the future of female leadership.
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