Bjurwald's book is based on interviews with Ukrainian women around the country but also those on the run in several European cities.
The women have shared their experiences and personal experiences of Russia's war of aggression - a war where rape or the threat of rape is more or less systematic.
- Rape as a weapon of war is incredibly effective, much like terrorism, meaning that you "only" need to commit an act to terrorize an entire civilian population, says Bjurwald.
- This is exactly what has been seen in, for example, the Balkans, she adds.
Trafficking is flourishing
In the shadow of war fake aid workers lurk and human trafficking flourishes.
Hundreds of thousands of women are feared, according to several sources, to have disappeared without a trace.
- There are so many organized networks that see an opportunity in the women and girls to sell their bodies in this refugee chaos, says Lisa Bjurwald.
She says that many end up in brothels, others in forced domestic work in Europe, but also, for example, in Dubai.
Victims and Warriors
But "Slava Ukraini" is not only a dark read.
With her book, Lisa Bjurwald wants to pay tribute to the Ukrainian women for their courage and perseverance.
She wants to highlight the strength and resistance of women at the front, in anti-war demonstrations or as mothers who have to keep up a facade in front of their children, to try to protect them from the worst war anxiety.
- As I write in the book, Ukrainian women are warriors and victims, not infrequently in the same person, says Bjurwald.