One winter day, farmer Andriy Turchyn woke up to calls from his friends. They said something he found hard to believe – the war started. Turchyn quickly checked the news and discovered that Russia invaded Ukraine.

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian business has suffered significant losses. According to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Digital Transformation, about 40% of enterprises have been stopped.

In February 2022, Ievgeniia Abdula and her husband were in Kyiv, at an exhibition of children’s goods, when they woke up to the familiar noises of sirens. They knew immediately what it meant – the war had started.

Located in Blijnii Hutor village 77 km away from Chisinau, Ludmila Bodrug’s company produces naturally smoked meat and sausages according to the traditional recipes inherited from her grandparents.

In the recent years, more and more young female entrepreneurs have managed to turn their passion into a successful business. The fields preferred by women are countless, proving once again that female entrepreneurship is gaining more and more ground.