343. Hanna Hopko - Russia has Weaponized Violence Against Civilians, Especially Women, as a War Strategy.

The ongoing war in Ukraine continues to take a toll on the lives of millions of women who have fled Ukraine and on those displaced within the country. My guest today is a Ukrainian civil society leader, who has spoken out about the need to restore a faith in humanity that Ukrainian women and children have lost in the war. Russia not only tries to strip Ukraine of its sovereignty, but the country’s people of their agency and dignity. Women and girls are especially affected by the war, and an increased risk of life-threatening gender-based violence. Russia has weaponized violence against women, as a strategy of war, a weapon of terror, but Ukrainians refuse to submit to the aggressor, or to be afraid. ---------- Hanna Hopko is a Ukrainian civil society leader and politician, a former Member of Parliament, and head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada. She is the founder and Head of the Board of ANTS National Interests Advocacy Network, Head of the Democracy in Action Conference, co-founder of the International Centre for Ukrainian Victory, and Warsaw Security Forum International Advisory Council member. Hanna is an expert in advocacy, on Russian expansionism and hybrid warfare. She was one of the civic leaders of the EuroMaidan – Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity. ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/hopkohanna?lang=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Hopko https://uadia.org/ https://ants.org.ua/en/reporting/ https://warsawsecurityforum.org/speaker/hopko-hanna/ https://ukrainianvictory.org/experts/hanna-hopko/ https://uadia.org/ ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/ex-ukrainian-mp-stresses-need-to-restore-faith-in-humanity-of-women-children/2799038 https://www.usaid.gov/ukraine/news/mar-22-2023-hanna-hopko-it-our-duty-defeat-authoritarian-regimes ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NGO “Herojam Slava” https://heroiamslava.org/ kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube’s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.