​​WFUWO and Malvy Literary Club to host online research discussion

The World Federation of Ukrainian Women Organizations (​​WFUWO) and the Malvy Literary Club Australia are hosting a literary research meeting — “The First Wreath” and “Those Who Created the First Wreath”: Echoes of Women’s Voices.

The event will take place online on July 17 at noon Kyiv time. You can join via the following link.

The speaker will be Dr. Alla Shvets, PhD in Philology and Deputy Director for Research at the Ivan Franko Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Program highlights include: what “The First Wreath” is and why it became a literary milestone of its era; the roles of Nataliya Kobrynska, Olena Pchilka, and Ivan Franko — collaborators or opponents; the new edition of the almanac — its concepts, meanings, and design; the women who wrote with the “first voice” — both well-known and forgotten; and how women’s writing has evolved over more than a century.

“This event is about the silence that became a voice. About women who spoke — and were heard. About a legacy that will resonate for a long time to come,” the organizers said.