Author: Tatiana Fedchenko

It's been a few days since we received an appeal from media representatives regarding the draft law, which provides for the strengthening of administrative responsibility for committing domestic violence. How effective will fines increased 1,000 times be in preventing and combating domestic violence? Is a fine of 17,000 hryvnias an appropriate punishment for the offender? Unfortunately, the answers to these questions are not satisfactory. Today, the fine for committing domestic violence is from...

Human trafficking for the purpose of labor exploitation is, unfortunately, quite a common phenomenon. Currently, opportunities to travel to other countries are significantly limited, but the problem of labor exploitation remains. Appeals to the National Hotline for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking and Gender Discrimination indicate that the search for possible employment opportunities abroad, and in particular in EU member states, is very relevant. Given the complexity of the economic...

The International Center for Migration Policy Development has published an analytical note on the impact of COVID-19 on Ukrainian labor migrants in four European countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Italy. Labor migrants from Ukraine constitute the largest group of foreign workers in the European Union. Challenges most commonly faced by migrants in the context of the COVID-19 crisis include: loss of work and means of…

The memorandum on the cooperation of women's and feminist organizations and initiatives in the joint preparation and advocacy of an independent report on monitoring Ukraine's fulfillment of its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (IX Periodic Report) is open for signature at the link. The purpose of the Memorandum is to consolidate the efforts of non-governmental women's, feminist organizations and initiatives, women's, feminist initiative groups of associations of people/women with disabilities, professional unions, other non-governmental ...

 WAWE is a European network of women's organizations whose activities are aimed at eliminating violence against women and children. Established in 1994, it currently consists of over 150 member organizations. "Campaign Step Up!" is a pan-European campaign of the WAVE network that supports efforts to end violence against women, raise awareness of the issue and protect victims of violence against women and girls. For the third year in a row, we are looking for...

Survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on victims of human trafficking and the activities of organizations that provide them with help and support. Key international institutions are paying considerable attention to the impact of COVID-19 on the problem of human trafficking. On the need to study possible consequences, increase the vulnerability of victims, increase cases in certain forms of exploitation or the emergence of new forms, as well as the challenges faced by organizations that provide assistance to victims and ...

The number of requests for domestic violence during the quarantine is growing rapidly! During the month of quarantine (March 12 - April 12, 2020), the National Hotline for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking and Gender Discrimination received 2,051 calls regarding domestic violence! For comparison: 1,273 appeals were received in February. 86.6% is an appeal from women. Domestic violence is violence that often remains ...