Category: Mass media

HARASSMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS: What to do when a teacher is the abuser?

Vice President of the organization “La Strada Ukraine” Maryna Lehenka about sexual harassment in educational institutions, at work, on public transport and even in shelters. The expert explains how to recognize harassment, what protection mechanisms are available in Ukraine today, and why it is important not to remain silent about your experiences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDlgJMzbwM

Harassment in educational institutions

We will focus specifically on creative educational institutions, where, for example, a choreography teacher can grab a female student by the waist – wouldn’t that be considered harassment? In general, what are the signs of harassment and can they be identified without context? Who should monitor in practice to ensure that this doesn’t happen? Who can students complain to? How willing is society to talk about and hear about such cases? How can a teacher protect themselves from unfair …

Sexual violence and harassment in educational institutions

How to prevent cases of sexual violence and achieve justice — we spoke with the vice president of the public organization "La Strada - Ukraine" Marina Lehenka and the director and actress of the "Nafta" theater Nina Khyzhna. Fighting sexual violence. Nina Khyzhna, Marina Lehenka Actors from at least twenty theaters in Ukraine, as well as cultural figures, are speaking out in support of victims of sexual violence and harassment after the scandal at the Kyiv National ...

Meetings about domestic violence with Alyona Kryvulyak

Jealous means love. He doesn't want to share me with anyone - that means he loves me very much. Does not allow me to work - means that he loves and cares. Insists on "quickly having children" - means he loves and wants to be with me for a long time. Hits?... So he loves and I am to blame. Domestic violence was discussed at the Women's Club Meetings with the Director of the Department of National Hotlines and...

How to prevent domestic violence?

What to do if you have experienced violence? Contact the police on 102 or with a written statement to the office in your region. When you call 102, you can ask for a special mobile domestic violence police team (if available in your area/community) to come. Upon request, the group can issue an urgent restraining order - a document that prohibits the offender from staying at the place of residence and...

A surge in domestic violence: how to protect yourself and where to turn for help during quarantine

During the period of quarantine due to the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, Ukrainians began to turn to domestic violence hotlines more often for help. Alyona Kryvulyak, director of the department of national "hot" lines and social assistance of the NGO "La Strada-Ukraine", told in an interview with Glavred about what provokes people to domestic violence and what problems they face for help, to whom violence is most often used, how they react to the calls of victims to law enforcement agencies, how to protect yourself from uncontrolled aggression and whether the number of cases will decline after the end of the quarantine.