Making It in Eastern Europe is a multimedia, solutions-oriented storytelling project highlighting women-led innovation, resilience, and creativity across the region.

Combining the concept of a regular column featuring long-form articles and profile-style interviews and features with an interactive, geolocalised map, it will spotlight stories of women who are not only attempting to solve existing problems but also creating transformative projects that shape their communities and redefine what progress looks like.

Making It in Eastern Europe features two article categories:

Fix It: stories of women who found solutions to existing societal challenges

Make It: new, women-founded innovative projects from the region, and in-depth profiles of inspiring women who are change-makers and active contributors to their communities

The project combines journalism, technology, and community engagement to create a living and ever-evolving archive and network of Eastern European solutions, produced locally, told multilingually, and designed to inspire global audiences.