Niuta Didkivska
What first brought me to Insight was the wish to be involved in development and education, and later the wish to bring knowledge to society. I know that people’s awareness of their own rights plays a huge role: over time it is exactly what makes people speak up and defend those rights when they are infringed. Because when you simply drift with the current and do not know the basics, you become part of a herd that agrees to everything without thinking. Awareness matters enormously, so my goal is to give people as much knowledge about themselves as possible and to help them understand “who I am”.
I used to be a volunteer at Insight in Zhytomyr, and then I moved to Vinnytsia and looked for a similar space. In the end, having failed to find one, I thought: “Why not try becoming a coordinator myself?” Now there is an Insight in Vinnytsia too. Even though I am a pharmacist by training, activism is closer to my heart.
What fuels me:
People, public speaking and organisational work (even though they are exhausting and afterwards you walk around like a squeezed lemon).
Blitz interview:
One sentence about yourself that isn’t a job title
I can find an approach to absolutely any person.
What do you do when you’re not saving human rights?
I am a musician: I play guitar and piano, and I sing. I like recording covers and I write poetry. I also dance.
Describe yourself in three words
Level-headed, reserved, sincere.
Your favourite queer film or series — and why that one
“Happiest Season”. It raises many of the problems almost everyone has faced, and it is a cosy film at that: the ending was good, and the resolution shows that until you accept yourself, you will not be happy.
