The summit will take place in extraordinary times. Times when all countries, regardless of their level of development, are facing enormous challenges without exception. Challenges can be tackled only through joint efforts.
There is a role and place for First Ladies and Gentlemen on this path. The “soft power” of the First Ladies, who have no actual political power, is capable of changing the surrounding reality. The spouses of Heads of State achieve the set goal and get the expected result not by engaging in politics, but through humanitarian projects and social connections.
In the new reality, it is soft power with firm decisions that can help the world. Welcome to the first Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen!
First lady of Ukraine,
host of the Summit
Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen is held to create an international platform to exchange experiences and implement joint projects for the well-being of people in the world
Summit’s goal
Issues to discuss:
Participants: First Ladies and Gentlemen
Participants:
Key topics: Health, Education and Equal opportunities.
Participants: First Ladies and Gentlemen and invited experts
First Lady of Ukraine
Founder of the Summit
First Lady
of the Republic of Latvia
First Lady
of the Lithuanian Republic
Daughter of the President
of the Lebanese Republic
First Lady
of the Republic of Serbia
Spouse of the President
of the European Council
First Lady
of the State of Israel
Former U.S. Secretary of State
First Lady
of the Federal Republic of Germany
First Lady
of the Federative Republic of Brazil
First Lady
of the Republic of Costa Rica
First Lady
of the Republic of Croatia
An Afghan film director and producer. Сhairperson of the state-owned Afghan Film movie production company.
Robin Wright An actress and a devoted advocate for the women of eastern Congo subjected to sexual violence during conflict, amplifying their voices due to her off-screen influence.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former trader, had spent 21 years as a risk taker before becoming a researcher of philosophical, mathematical, and mostly practical problems involving probability. Author of a multivolume essay Incerto.
Director-General of the World Health Organization. He held a number of leading positions in the area of global health care, including as Chair of the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
TV presenter, Honorary Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund, co-founder of the Charity Weekend Festival.
Ukrainian Government Commissioner for Gender Policy. Member of the Public Council for Human Rights under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Chairman of the Board of the La Strada International Association.
A Ukrainian doctor. Minister of Health of Ukraine. Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine. Honored Doctor of Ukraine.
Ukrainian public figure, Chair of the Osvitoria Public Association, founder of the Novopechersk School and the Global Teacher Prize Ukraine. Since 2010, she has been helping children in orphanages to acquire professional skills and adapt to life as part of society.
Director for Education and Skills, and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Since 2002, he has been in charge of the PISA program.
Deputy Executive Director, UN Women. She has been dealing with the issues of enhancing the rights and opportunities of women and gender equality for long-lasting and sustainable development.
CEO Teenergizer, Ukrainian activist born with HIV. She addressed a special session of the UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
The location of the summit is the National Sanctuary Complex “Sophia of Kyiv”, located in the heart of the Ukrainian capital. The choice of the site is not accidental: Sophia of Kyiv is the birthplace of Ukrainian statehood, and it was here that Anna Yaroslavna, a Rus’ princess, Queen of France and a great-grandmother of many foreign kings and queens, was born and grew up. Anne of Kiev may be considered the prototype of the modern First Lady.
In Kyiv, the first ladies from different countries launched an international platform for solving humanitarian problems around the world At the initiative of First Lady Olena Zelenska, the Kyiv summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen “Soft
On the initiative of Olena Zelenska, on the eve of Independence Day, the Kyiv Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen will be held. The day before Independence Day of Ukraine, on August 23, following the initiative
Office of the President
of Ukraine
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
of Ukraine
