Strong girls change the world. From November 2025 to May 2026, the Power4Girls project, aimed at the economic and social development of young women and girls, was implemented in the Kharkiv region. Women from 27 communities, including Kharkiv, Pisochyn, Chuhuiv, Zmiiv, Valky, Zlatopil, Balakliia, Krasnokutsk, Lozova, and others, had the opportunity to participate.

The public organization "Ukrainian Professional Development" has been operating since 2013, and since 2018, it has been implementing projects to support youth employment, providing opportunities for acquiring new professions, improving qualifications, developing skills, and ensuring financial independence. Late last year, the organization began implementing the POWER4Girls project in the Kharkiv region.

The public organization "Ukrainian Professional Development" has been operating since 2013, and since 2018, it has been implementing projects to support youth employment, providing opportunities to acquire new professions, enhance qualifications, develop skills, and ensure financial independence. At the end of last year, the organization began implementing the POWER4Girls project in the Kharkiv region.

Soldier Pavlo Ovechko is from Dnipropetrovsk region. After school, he chose a blue-collar profession, studying to be an electrician at the Dnipro Industrial Professional College. However, after the start of the war in Ukraine, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces, according to a press release from the public organization "Ukrainian Professional Development," which Suspilne received.

The NGO "Ukrainian Professional Development" establishes direct cooperation between employers and vocational education institutions within the project "Skills for Inclusivity: Practical Training and On-the-Job Learning to Activate Ukraine's Workforce." The goal is to train specialists specifically to meet the needs of enterprises.

The guide, created by the NGO "Ukrainian Professional Development" in partnership with the State Employment Service, will help companies make inclusive hiring a clear and accessible process. The authors suggest focusing primarily on a person's professional potential, rather than their diagnosis or injury.

The guide, created by the NGO "Ukrainian Professional Development" in partnership with the State Employment Service, will help companies make inclusive hiring a clear and accessible process. The authors suggest focusing primarily on a person's professional potential, rather than their diagnosis or injury.