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Gender-Based and Domestic Violence in All-out War: Key Challenges and Powerful Countermeasures
How the full-scale war reflected on the situation with gender-based and domestic violence in Ukraine, what challenges appeared in the field of combating this phenomenon, as well as the importance of the action "16 days against violence" and the ratification of the Istanbul Convention to combat gender-based violence in the context of full-scale war... Read more...

How will the Istanbul Convention help combat gender-based and domestic violence?
Why is this important and how exactly will it help to combat gender-based and domestic violence? Kateryna Borozdina, vice president of the public organization "La Strada - Ukraine" tells... Read more...

Domestic violence during war: how can victims get help?
Why is it important to continue working with the problem of domestic violence despite the war and how exactly can victims get help? Maryna Legenka, vice president of the public organization "La Strada - Ukraine" tells... Read more...

New surge of "death groups" in social networks: how to protect children and teenagers?
At the beginning of August, a new episode of mass distribution of so-called "death squads" began in Ukraine - public places where children and teenagers are manipulated to harm themselves and even commit suicide. What can parents do to protect their children? ... Read more...

The war increased the risks of falling into a situation of human trafficking
July 30 is the World Day Against Human Trafficking. For our fellow citizens, the risks of falling into a situation of human trafficking, exploitation and violence have increased after the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine... Read more...

"War does not cancel childhood." How to support children and adolescents: advice from psychologists, experts of the National Hotline for Children and Youth of the Public Organization "La Strada-Ukraine"
War is an extremely traumatic event. And for us adults, it is difficult to remain psychologically stable in conditions of danger, terrible news and "emotional swings". And it is much more difficult for children and teenagers: their psyche has not yet formed protective mechanisms, as in an adult, and the impact of war is experienced more painfully. ... Read more...