Leadership is not about gender, but about decisions Within the framework of the 2025 European Gender Equality Week, the European Parliament held a public hearing on “Women’s Leadership in Politics,” where the urgency of involving more women in high-level politics was emphasized at the highest level....
Europe has marked the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s membership in the Council of Europe — an event symbolizing the long-term political, legal, and value-based integration of our country into the European community. In his special address, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset recalled the...
On March 19, 2025, the Peace Building, Inter-Religious Harmony & Women’s Empowerment Leadership Forum took place in the European Parliament, bringing together politicians, activists, scholars, and representatives of religious communities. The event was opened by civil activist and adviser to European parliamentarians Manel Msalmi and...
On March 17–19, 2025, the International Women's Forum took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, under the theme "Overcoming Barriers, Shaping the Future of Women." Alona Lebedieva, the owner of the Ukrainian multi-sectoral industrial and investment group of companies Aurum Group, delivered an online speech at the forum,...
Alona Lebedieva’s Aurum Charitable Foundation has provided support to the doctors of the Comprehensive Neuromonitoring and Pediatric Sleep Laboratory at the National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Okhmatdyt,” helping organize their internship at the leading pediatric hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona. The doctors of Okhmatdyt reached...
Alona Lebedieva’s charity fund “Aurum” has been supporting medical institutions and children in Ukraine for many years. Through numerous initiatives, the foundation creates modern and comfortable conditions for the treatment of young patients, supports Ukrainian doctors in acquiring new knowledge, and finances the treatment of Ukrainian...
On Tuesday, December 12, the awarding ceremony of the winners took place in the European Parliament Sakharov "For Freedom of Thought". According to Alona Lebedieva, the founder of the Aurum Charity Fund and the European non-profit organization «Aurum Charity Foundation, women are gradually taking the lead in...
The medical team of the laboratory has completed a professional training course in Poland — the “School of Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation”, organized by Philips Sleep Wellness. The training was funded by the founder of the Foundation, Alona Lebedieva. As part of the program, the doctors strengthened...
At the end of April 2023, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution on the deportation and forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. The first time that an international document refers to possible genocide by Russia against Ukrainians with...
Alona Lebedieva, the owner of the Industrial and Investment group of companies Aurum Group and the founder of the Aurum Charity Foundation in Europe, commented on the European Commission's decision to extend the term of temporary protection for Ukrainians until 2025: "There is not a single aspect of...