Anastasiia Lykholat

Anastasiia is an experienced project manager in the field of human rights protection in Ukraine, in particular in the areas of freedom of expression and security of peaceful assembly, protection of the rights of journalists and activists, expanding the circle of allies of LGBTIQ+ people, and supporting activists in the temporarily occupied territories. Anastasiia became interested in the field of human rights protection while volunteering at the Docudays International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in 2011. In 2014, for several months, Anastasiia worked with the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre, a platform for Ukrainian and international journalists to report on the events in Ukraine after the Revolution of Dignity in 2013-2014. For the past seven years, she has worked for the international human rights organisation Freedom House in Ukraine. She has participated in the preparation of various analytical reports and advocacy activities in the field of human rights protection together with Ukrainian NGOs in Ukraine and the United States.

In 2023, Anastasiia became a Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine with the opportunity to obtain a Master’s degree in Public Administration at Cornell University (New York, USA).

She is interested in LGBTIQ+ history, contemporary Ukrainian literature, art, and the countries and peoples of the Middle East.

She was born in Sloviansk, Donetsk region. Graduated with a bachelor’s degree (2013) and a master’s degree (2015) in political science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine). Anastasiia speaks both English and German.