The laureate of the Ukrainian Women's Congress named after Mary O'Hagan was a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Tatyana Teplyuk, call sign "

The award for outstanding achievements in the field of women's leadership was presented during the Congress 2025, which takes place in Kyiv.

\! I love this land and country, I love you. There, in that Morodor, I realized that there is no better country than Ukraine! “, noted “Khreshchena”, receiving the award.

This year, for the first time, the winner was chosen not by the organizing committee, but by people: the application form could be submitted by anyone who logged in and justified their choice, said Svetlana Voitsekhovskaya, co-founder and director of the Congress.

" The majority are representatives of the public sector, military. And it’s very interesting that among the candidates there are many teachers and education workers,” noted Svetlana Voitsekhovskaya.

According to another co-founder of the UWK, Maria Ionova, the choice of the laureate was not easy, because every candidate deserves an award.

" But thanks to the fact that we have common values, we chose one that is an example of courage, courage, fortitude, mentoring,” said Maria Ionova.

The Khreshcheniy award was presented by Oksana Tsybukh, the mother of Irina Tsybukh, a combat medic, winner of last year’s Congress award, Heroine of Ukraine posthumously.

" You are a soldier, you are a protector. You've been through the trials. You have proven that a woman's real power is not only in her armor, but in her heart. I pass on this award as a torch of light, a symbol of sisterhood that passes from one brave woman to another! "

Tatyana Teplyuk "

Before the war, an operating nurse, Tatyana was a medic during the war in Afghanistan, participated in the Revolution of Dignity, and after it moved to Mariupol, where she joined the ranks of the Azov regiment, in which her godson served. It was then that she received the call sign "

After the start of a full-scale invasion, Tatyana remained in the garrison, and from Azovstal she was taken into Russian captivity, where she spent eight months. She returned home on New Year's Eve - at the turn of 2022 and 2023. Already in the fall of the same year she returned to service again.

Let us remind you that the distinction of the Ukrainian Women's Congress is named after Mary O'Hagan - a woman who, after the Revolution of Dignity, headed the Ukrainian office of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) for five years and did an invaluable amount to promote the idea of \u200b\u200bwomen's leadership in Ukraine.

This year the Award was presented for the third time.. The first laureate was doctor and volunteer Natalya Lelyukh. On October 23, the Ukrainian Women's Congress 2025 continues in Kyiv - a unique national platform for promoting the policy of equality in Ukraine, which has existed since 2017. The co-founders of the Congress are Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Elena Kondratyuk, People's Deputy Maria Ionova and People's Deputy of the 8th convocation Svetlana Voitsekhovskaya.