UN Women has been operating in Ukraine since 2015 and has transitioned from a project presence to Country Office (in 2018). The country portfolio currently provides targeted assistance to national partners in three thematic areas as outlined by the current Strategic Note (2018-2022): 

• Women, Peace and Security;
• Ending Violence against Women and Girls;
• Governance, Leadership and Participation.

As part of its operational mandate, UN Women implements its Strategic Note (2018-2022) integrating policy advice, advocacy, social mobilization, and capacity building of the government, parliament, human rights institutions, women’s groups, and civil society. 

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, UN Women has joined efforts to address the immediate humanitarian needs of the war-affected women and girls and women’s organizations, mainstreaming a gender perspective in coordinated humanitarian response, and supporting the humanitarian-development nexus.