Women are key to peace, Maryna’s story

Maryna Danylova, elementary school teacher from Slovyansk (conflicted-affected city in Eastern Ukraine), used to support Ukrainian troops with basic needs and helped organize presidential elections in the community in 2014. Now she supplies books from Ukrainian publishers to the soldiers and exchanges literature between the battalions.Maryna’s story is a testament that women’s experience, competence, and effectiveness make a key contribution to the successful efforts in rebuilding post-conflict. Find more stories like Maryna’s at www.stories.1325.org.ua.This story is a part of the UN Women campaign Women Are Key to Peace realized with the financial support of Norway, Sweden, Canada, Denmark and the European Union