Eugenia (Yevhenia) Oleksandrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Євге́нія Олекса́ндрівна Тимоше́нко; born 20 February 1980) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, philanthropist and activist who is founder and president of the Association "CHILD.UA". She is the daughter of former
Ukrainian Prime Minister
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
,
Ukraine
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.In 1994, she entered
Rugby School
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Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. Up ...
in the UK, that became co-educated in 1993. She graduated in 1998. Eugenia, then graduated from
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
and Political Science (LSE), Bsc Government and Economics (2001), Msc Russian and Post- Soviet studies (2002).
According to her, she owns a restaurant and "also business in
Dnipropetrovsk
Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...
Ukrayinska Pravda
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(22 December 2011)
Philanthropy
Tymoshenko is founder and president of the Association "CHILD.UA" and co-founder of the charity children's art festival Follow Your Dream ( uk, Назустріч Мрії), working with orphans and underprivileged children and promoting
human rights and development
Development is a human right that belongs to everyone, individually and collectively. Everyone is “entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamenta ...
of children's talents and creativity.Eugenia Tymoshenko takes care of children with special needs. She founded the Autism Friendly Space program, which aims to raise awareness about autism and develop a culture of tolerance for people with autism spectrum disorders. In April 2019, with the participation of Tymoshenko, more than 100 children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) visited a cinema and watched a cartoon in a format convenient for them.
During the escalation of the war with Russia in the Donbas, Yevhenia Tymoshenko on the International Day of Peace founded and organized The Voice of Peace ( uk, Голос Миру), a charitable marathon in Ukraine that unites media, business, artists and public figures to volunteer to help former battalions and refugees.
Release of Yulia Tymoshenko
Eugenia Tymoshenko was her mother's defender during the trial against her in the summer-autumn 2011.
For two and a half years of the former prime minister's imprisonment Eugenia conducted an active campaign for her release: held dozens of meetings with leaders of the
European Union
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, the Western countries and international organizations, delivered speeches in the US Senate, at the meeting of the Committee on Foreign affairs of the Italian Parliament, at the Bornholm conference in Denmark, at the 20th Congress of the European People's Party, at the congresses of the German Christian Social Union
and the Italian party "The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats", in the media.
Yulia Tymoshenko
Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Maidan Nezalezhnosti
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during
Euromaidan
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, in particular read her mother's letter addressed to the Ukrainians.
On 21 February 2014 during the meeting with Vice-President of the European Parliament Gianni Pittella and Speaker of the Italian Parliament Laura Boldrini Eugenia Tymoshenko urged the European Union to immediately impose sanctions against representatives of Yanukovych's regime responsible for the bloodshed in Ukraine.
On 4 October 2014, Eugenia Tymoshenko in
Milan
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,
Italy
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presented the book "Ukraine, Gas and Handcuffs: The Trial of Yulia Tymoshenko", it. "Ucraina, gas e manette: il processo a Yulia Tymoshenko". Author of books on political persecution of
UNESCO
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, the
European Union
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and other institutions to ensure the stability, security and respect for human rights in the world.
The Guardian
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(23 September 2012)
Since 27 December 2014, Tymoshenko has been married to Ukrainian businessman Arthur Chechetkin. The couple is raising three children.