Myroslava Gongadze

Myroslava Gongadze
Мирослава Ґонґадзе
Gongadze in December 2024
Born
Myroslava Volodýmyrivna Petryshyn

(1972-06-19) 19 June 1972
EducationUniversity of Lviv (LL.M.)
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
(m. 1995; died 2000)
Children2
AwardsOrder of Princess Olga
Voice of America Gold Medal

Myroslava Volodýmyrivna Gongadze (Ukrainian: Миросла́ва Володи́мирівна Ґонґа́дзе, née Petryshyn (Ukrainian: Петришин); born 19 June 1972) is a Ukrainian journalist currently living in the United States. Her husband, journalist Georgiy Gongadze, was abducted and murdered in 2000. Since then she has been a prominent advocate for freedom of the press and protection of the safety of reporters in Ukraine, and has continued to work for justice in the case of her husband's murder.