Gender equality

Notably, in assisting Ukraine develop a system to provide psycho-social rehabilitation to crisis-affected people, the Co-ordinator places a special focus on families of former combatants and internally displaced persons; a majority of whom are women.  

To promote gender equality and combat gender-based violence in Ukraine, the Co-ordinator helps amend domestic violence and gender-related legislation, runs awareness-raising campaigns and organizes training courses for social service providers, the media, and law enforcement officers. Special attention is paid to gender mainstreaming in the legal sphere, the Co-ordinator promotes gender-sensitive constitutionalism, educates judges and brings them together through a network of gender focal points in courts.

Gender aspects are taken into account in the planning and implementation of all the Co-ordinator’s projects, as well as in its daily work in line with the office’s Strategy for the Promotion of Gender Equality.