women police units presentation

PREVENTION Сalls on all actors involved

to ensure increased

participation of women and

incorporate a gender

perspective into conflict

resolution and peace

processes

PARTICIPATION

PROTECTION

ASSISTANCE AND RECOVERY

Green light to the development of the MoIA Action Plan on the

implementation of UNSC

Resolution 1325

Setting up the

accountability

mechanism for

effective

coordination,

implementation and

evaluation of the Plan

Introducing gender

approach to the

reform of the law-enforcement system

Peace-keeping and

peace defense:

analysis,

coordination and staff training

MoIA Interagency Working Group on the development of the Action Plan established

Conflict and

violence prevention

Protecting women

and girls affected by conflict

Integration of

Gender Sensitive

approach to MoIA

awareness raising

capaigns and communication

Stability of peace and security

in military conflicts depend on

proper prevention,

identification and response to

domestic and gender-based

violence cases and the

strengthening of efforts

coordination between all

stakeholders

only

10% of all cases of domestic and

gender-based violence are

identified in Ukraine

WIIL THIS PROBLEM BE

EVER SOLVED IN

UKRAINE?

VIOLENCE

HAS

A FACE

OF WOMEN RESPONDENTS

REPORTED THAT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE IS A REGULAR

PRACTICE IN THEIR

HROMADAS*

* DATA FROM UNDP SECURITY AND JUSTICE REPORT

Number of cases

registered related to domestic violence or other related offences

Number of phone calls received by hot-lines of La Strada (386) related to domestic violence

6 494

117 941

5 577

116 548

4 969

127 478

34 731

174 229

The Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against

women and girls (Istanbul

Convention) is being postponed Lack of coordination necessary to

ensure comprehensive assistance and protection to domestic violence

survivors between responsible governmental authorities, municipal

authorities, social service providers and NGO

Poor infrastructure necessary to provide proper assistance and

protection to survivors

Lack of effective programs aimed

at supporting decent earnings and employment for domestic

violence survivors

To regain the trust of hromadas to Police and ensure justice for

survivors and proper punishment for perpetrators we are establishing

police network

to counteract domestic violence

VIOLENCE

SURVIVOR

RESPONSE

IDENTIFICATION PREVENTION

Darnitsa

district Kyiv

The launch of pilot

project implies the establishment of «mobile groups» in the following areas

Severodonetsk Luhansk region

Malynovskyi

district Odessa

Formation of the system of

protection of rights of domestic

and gender-based violence

survivors; and providing them

with comprehensive assistance

in accordance with the

provisions of the Law of Ukraine

«On preventing and

combating domestic violence»

establishment of shelters

Creation of

opportunities for full

reintegration of

survivors to normal

social life and

corrective work with perpetrators

provision of necessary

social,

medical,

psychological and legal assistance

Engaging partners to establishing

infrastructure necessary to provide

support to survivors through

Improving the mechanism of providing

response and identification of survivors

and prevention of crimes

The level of public awareness as to the issues of domestic

and gender-based

violence has raised

Numbers of calls and registered

cases related

to domestic violence have

raised

The level of hromadas’ trust to police and justice system has raised

Police network is formed mainly with women police officers

who serve in prevention units of the National Police of

Ukraine(district and juvenile prevention officer), investigation block and Patrol Police.

ToTs and trainings on identification of domestic violence for 102 operators, patrol police officers and

mobile groups; training to develop communication

skills and gender-sensitive aspects of work with survivors and perpetrators.

Developed algorithm of actions(internal and external interaction) based on case management

mechanisms when 102 emergency hot-line operator

reports the case to patrol police which later on passes the case to mobile groups specialized in

counteracting cases of domestic violence that work closely with other stakeholders such as: shelters, social

service providers, centers for women and families,

municipal authorities, educational and medical institutions and NGOs. Mobile groups also work closely

with the aforementioned stakeholder to prevent domestic violence.

Strengthening interaction via inter-agency working groups on conducting experiment in territorial

authorities of the National Police and holding joint

consultations on the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 in district state administrations under coordination of the sub-group «Prevention of conflict

and violence, and protection of women and girls affected by conflicts» within the framework of MoIA

Inter-agency Working Group on developing Action Plan on the implementation UNSC Resolution 1325.

Prevention of domestic violence in hromadas will be based on соmunity policing approach that implies

public outreach events for hromadas, visiting crisis

families together with social service officers, information classes for children and parents

conducted by School Resource Officers in educational institutions.

To promote principles of gender equality and combating domestic and gender-based violence the

launch of mobile groups will be supported with

information campaign aimed at raising the awareness of the issue among Ukrainian public.