Sexual violence is a sensitive topic even in peacetime, but in times of war, the problem is exacerbated. With each news about the liberated territories, unfortunately, new cases of sexual violence by the Russian occupiers against Ukrainian women and men become known.
International Children's Day is celebrated on June 1. The holiday is associated with the end of the school year, the beginning of summer and the taste of children's freedom. However, where there is freedom, there must be special caution.
In the last few days, a significant number of appeals by media representatives related to draft laws registered in the VRU, concerning manifestations of sexism and establishing responsibility for this act. What is it about?
We continue to inform about monitoring activities. In order to analyze the situation of a possible increase in vulnerability to falling into a situation of human trafficking and strengthening the response to challenges related to the emergence and spread of COVID-19 and the introduction of quarantine measures, in November 2020, the NGO "La Strada-Ukraine" conducted the monitoring "Combating Human Trafficking : challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic". Monitoring is aimed at studying: – the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on the quality of response...
The COVID-19 pandemic remains a relevant factor affecting the human trafficking situation and the response to it. Another wave of increasing morbidity, the need to strengthen quarantine restrictions, a decrease in the level of employment and a negative impact on the well-being of citizens and the economic condition of countries as a whole, efforts to adapt to new conditions are characteristic features of today. Assessment of such impact, particularly in the long term, identification of effective mechanisms and...
#SafeAnywhereILive #SAIL #ВсюдыВБезпеци In our past publications (https://la-strada.org.ua/novyny/zapobigannya-ta-protydiya-domashnomu-ta-genderno-zumovlenomu-nasylstvu-shhodo-ukrayinok-za-kordonom.html, https: //la-strada.org.ua/novyny/elementor-2367.html) we mentioned the story of Oleksandra, who suffered from domestic violence by her husband abroad. Not receiving the support she hoped for from the Ukrainian Embassy and losing custody of her children, the woman was forced to leave her youngest daughter in another country with an abusive father. In a few years, the woman won the case against Ukraine in the UN Committee...
#SafeAnywhereILive #SAIL #ВсюдыВБезпеци Preventing and countering domestic and gender-based violence against Ukrainian women abroad and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women In our previous publication (https://la-strada.org.ua/novyny/zapobigannya-ta-protydiya-domashnomu- ta-genderno-zumovlenomu-nasylstvu-shhodo-ukrayinok-za-kordonom.html) we began to raise the issue of insufficient protection of Ukrainian women abroad from domestic violence. We also told the story of Oleksandra, who was forced to return to Ukraine, leaving her youngest daughter with an abusive husband. So...
#SafeAnywhereILive #SAIL #SafeAnywhere Preventing and countering domestic and gender-based violence against Ukrainian women abroad The problem of domestic and gender-based violence knows no borders. Every year, millions of Ukrainian men and women go abroad for employment, education and marriage. Unfortunately, at the same time, the mechanisms of protection against domestic violence available on the territory of Ukraine become inaccessible to most citizens as soon as ...
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