Category: Leadership programmes

Executive Director and SI Leader Lab alumna Iryna Kozikava works with PEN Belarus, a human rights organisation recently honoured with the 2025 Hiroshima Prize for defending free voices. This article highlights her work with PEN Belarus, her connection to Sweden, and collaborations through SI Leader Lab and the Swedish Institute’s Creative Partnerships Programme.
Three women and a man are smiling and standing together on a stage.
The Hiroshima Prize Ceremony at the Royal Dramatic Theather in Stockholm, Sweden. From left to right: Taciana Niadbaj (PEN Belarus), Hanna Nordell (PEN Sweden), Kurt Bratteby (The Swedish Institute) and Iryna Kozikava (PEN Belarus). Photo: Anders Mattsson