Nearly 1,500 Ukrainian women have learned new professions through a government program
A pilot project to provide vocational training for women in fields where they have traditionally been underrepresented was launched in Ukraine in 2025. Since then, approximately 1,500 Ukrainian women have taken advantage of the opportunity to learn a new profession free of charge.
Since the beginning of 2026, 532 women have joined the project, deciding to change their career paths and embark on a new phase of their careers.
Residents of the Ivano-Frankivsk region were the most active participants in the program. The local regional employment center referred 78 women to the training program, accounting for nearly 15% of this year’s total number of participants.
The Lviv and Zhytomyr regions were also among the leading regions.
The program offers training in 31 professions in high demand on the labor market. Among the available specializations are machine operator, female driver, electric and gas welder, electrician, diagnostics and installation technician, typist, assembler, machine tool operator, boiler room operator, mechanic, lathe operator, tractor operator, milling machine operator, and others.
The most popular professions since the project began have been:
- woodworking machine operator—520 participants;
- boiler room operator — 300;
- tractor operator — 218;
- forklift operator — 158;
- motor vehicle driver — 70.
In total, since the project began, the State Employment Service has received more than 1,600 applications for vocational training for women from 882 employers.
The State Employment Service fully covers the cost of training, and the average duration of a training course is about three months.
This was reported by the State Employment Service.
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