"Caring for the Caregivers: Supporting and Safeguarding Women Humanitarians"

I am deeply grateful to have been part of the collective journey "Caring for the Caregivers: Supporting and Safeguarding Women Humanitarians" throughout 2025.
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Combining humanitarian work with my professional career has become a complex mission. For years, my artistic-research practice has focused on building bonds, as I truly believe collective art processes create life-long friendships, and these connections have naturally led me into challenging realities. I believe that the privilege of being able to develop projects internationally carries a weight: when a deep need arises, for me, that privilege becomes a responsibility.

This is what brought me back to Ukraine in 2022. Since then, my life has changed to the core, reshaping my priorities in life and what is meaningful for me, despite the many obstacles as I remain an individual-freelance worker in a collective network rather than an institution. This work takes me totally out of my confort zone as it is hard, emotionally and physically intense, as I also face the daily reality of Ukraine with regular russian strikes, as I have experienced often for over one year and a half since 2022.

I cannot be more thankful to have found the community "Caring for the Caregivers" via the Bosch Alumni Network. This platform taught me the vital importance of developing a "caring practice" while working in a war territory, learning from other women humanitarians facing crises across different continents. It has helped me navigate the complex feelings of "privilege" that arise from the fact that the war didn’t come to me, but rather, I chose to face it. This experience has reinforced my belief on how vital it is to expand networks of translocal solidarities which I will continue developing further.

These sessions program strengthened my skills in empowerment, self-defense, mental health, and well-being, alongside a talented cohort of women humanitarians. To all the women in this programme, and to all women humanitarians out there: thank you. I am honoured to share this journey with you!

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