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20 WWW. UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2013 COMBATING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN UKRAINE by Valentyna Bondarovska Dr. Valentyna Bondarovska is the Director of the International Humanitarian Center “ROZRADA” in Kyiv, Ukraine (rozrada@i.ua), Vice - President of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Psychologists, and the Ukrainian Parliament Expert on issues of gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. Since the early years of Ukraine's ind e- pendence, activists in the civil society, especially women activi sts within the movement for gender equality, have been raising the issue of gender - base d violence against women in the mass media. With the help of many international funds such as Winrock International, the United Nations Deve l- opment Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Global Fund for W omen, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the Swedish International Develo p- ment Cooper ation Agency (S IDA ) , Ukrainian non - governmental organizations have implemented important projects on violence against women. The objectives of these projects were to spread infor mation about domestic violence as well as violence ag ainst women and girls in Ukrainian society , and to share the experience of violence prevention from different countri es. Gradually, under the pressure of Ukraine's w omen 's movement and a number of NGOs , the Ukrainian government took some important steps in this sphere . In 2001, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed the bill “On the P revention of Vi o- lence in the Family”, followed in 2006 by the bill “On Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men.” All together, there are about 45 state laws aimed at preventing domestic violence and protecting the rights of victims of violence . Over 100 , 000 cases of violence are regi s- tered in Ukraine each year, with 90 percent of them being cases of violence against women. U n- stable economy, ramp ant alcoholism and drug use, gender inequality, and general acceptance of viol ence in families are among the most i m- portant causes of this phenomenon. Disadva n- taged women and girls ( especially those who are HIV - positive or live on the streets ) are especially vulnerable to violence. Between 2006 and 2008, with the fina n- cial support of UNIFEM, the International H u- manitarian C ente r “ROZRADA” implemented the project “ NO to Violence ! Let's Transform Ukraine into a Territory Free of Domestic Violence.” As part of this project, 80 trainers and 60 practical psycho logists were equipped to work with women who have suffered from violen ce in four regions of Ukraine (Zh ytomyr, Kyiv, Poltava, and Vinnytsi a) . The Center also developed and published new methods of detecting victims of violence and guidelines for giving psychological help to women victims of violence and child ren who have su f- fered from abuse. F or each pilot region , the Ce n- ter published an information guide to receiving healthcare as well as help and support from social service s, law enforcement and the NG Os that work with victims of violence . We also wrote a series of practical booklets to be distributed to women: Don’t Be a Victim , Community against Violence , To Prevent and to Stop , and others. In 2010 - 2012 , the U nited N ations D eve l- opment P rogramme in p artnership with SIDA sponsored a project called “Stop V iolence!” It a s- sessed the scope of violence against women in Ukrain e with the help of sociological and psych o- logical research. Crucially, it also provided hu n- dreds of training sessions for law enforcem ent officers who work directly with victims of vi o- lence. Another aspect of this project was the d e- velopment and publication of a textbook f or se c- ondary schools on gender equality and prevention of violence against women and girls. Since 2011 , the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine and the International Charitable Fund “Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health” have been p iloting in Kyiv an intersectoral model to addr ess violence against women (VAW) — as part of a project supported by the United Nations Ent i- ty for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women ). Within the pilot phase of this project, a system of identification, referral, and provision of services to women who survived violence was implemented in Kyiv ; an empowe r- ing traini ng program for survivors of VAW and a behavior change program for VAW perpetra tors and potential perpetrators were developed; and an innovative training program for represent a- tives o f state social services, law enforcement, healthcare, and service provider s from NGOs was designed and implemented. The project also i n- cluded a large - scale public awareness campaign . F or the first time in Ukraine , t his project targets women from vulnerable social groups and addresses the twin pandemic of violence against women and HIV/AIDS through combined a ctiv i- ties aimed at preventing VAW, HIV/AIDS , and risky behaviors.
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