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SPECIAL PROJECTS
PROVIDING PRACTICAL MECHANISMS FOR IMPLEMENTING GENDER LEGISLATION IN UKRAINE
Supported within the Democracy Grants Program of the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine
Within the project it is supposed to establish intersectoral partnership and integrate gender sensitive practices in the work of executive power bodies of Ivano-Frankivsk and Sumy regions through making changes in local legal acts according to needs of women and men. With this goal it is planned to:
- Conduct trainings in Ivano-Frankivsk and Sumy to prepare and create groups of regional experts-trainers on integrating gender issues in the work of local authorities (using 3R methodology).
- Engage the prepared experts-trainers in conducting trainings and acquainting representatives of local governance bodies of Ivano-Frankivsk and Sumy regions with the contemporary practices of implementing gender approaches in the work of local governance bodies (particularly with 3R methodology);
- Publish the manual with theoretical basics and practical recommendations on gender analysis of existing legal documents and lobbying implementation of gender sensitive forms and methods in the work of local authorities.
- Organize the visit of consultants from Lithuania, where similar program works, as well as visit to Lithuania of Ukrainian participants to study the practices of work on new methodology.
The project has a powerful potential and possibilities for further development both at the international (continuing cooperation of state officials and experts from two countries on development of methods and practices for implementing gender changes in the work of local authorities), and at the national (widening the network of gender experts, implementing 3R methods and practices in other regions of Ukraine) levels.
SOCIAL ADAPTATION FOR RISK GROUP GIRLS
Supported by the International Women’s Club of Kyiv
The project goal is to adapt risk group and deviant young people, girls in particular, to the life in society due to implementation of the complex program of social adaptation.
The project will be implemented in a pilot evening school # 18 for 20 girls aged 15-17. This complex adaptation course includes the following components:
Trainings on Girls’ Leadership 
(to raise the girls’ self-esteem, learn to understand their interests and needs, set goals and evaluate successes, develop their ability to work in team and communicate with environment);
Health and Life Safety course (to foster the habits of healthy lifestyle, help them quit harmful habits or addictions, provide beneficiaries with skills of behavior in crisis and conflict situations, understand and use the rules of safety behavior);
Life Skills trainings
(to teach girls the patterns and schemes of behavior in different life situations (e.g. self-presentation, employment, etc), give knowledge and skills necessary for responsible adult life);
Creative workshops (to develop both skills of practical realization of creative ideas and ability to apply creative approach to any life situations. Besides the workshops include practical skills of applied arts, folk crafts, making souvenirs, which could be one of directions for self-realization);
Movie "Who will sing a lullaby…"
 Whence is it possible to provide equal rights for men and women in the economic domain and, at the same time, to create conditions to combine work with the parental responsibilities? In the labor market, women are equal to men both in the level of education and level of qualifications. However, implementation of the above-mentioned possibilities depends on distribution of the family obligations between a husband and a wife to a great extent. It is not a question of traditional 'male' and 'female' work but a question of joint responsibility.
Is a paternity leave one way to solve this issue? The movie creators raise this provoking but at the same time vital issue to bring it closer to realities and needs of average citizens and to quicken interest in the advantages of joint upbringing of children in them.
In the European Union countries, a paternity leave is a norm, which is getting more and more wide-spread, is turning into a mark of a modern European lifestyle, its standard, and a part of the European culture. Existence of such a norm in the society reduces risks for women in the labor market and for the career development as well as changes attitudes in accordance with which input in the family budget is a male priority.
Even though in our country the state gives a right to the leave to take care of a new-born child not only to mothers, men on paternity leaves are still an exotic sight and a right of father to take care of his child is still nominal. But the movie protagonists prove that this right can be implemented and it is to the advantage to both a child and a family; besides, they prove that practical implementation of the gendered approaches is a guarantee of the development of the democratic values in the state. | |
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Movie "Not Only About Money"
Movie "Not Only About Money" was created by the Ukrainian Women's Fund together with the Center for Ukrainian Reform Education.
The movie gives attention to the public and charitable organizations.
The movie practically presents the role of such institutions in the revival of charity and philanthropy traditions. In particular, the movie creators stress the fact that philanthropy can exist only by virtue of its mainstream support in the society.
As long as such mutual support and mutual aid bring us together as one, our common home ― Ukraine ― will stay a stronghold.
This movie is about people living in this home, about new citizens of the new country.
NATIONAL SURVEY ON THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS AND CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY
This National Survey on the Social Responsibility of Business and Corporate Philanthropy, carried out by the Ukrainian Women’s Fund jointly with the Consortium for Better Management Education in Ukraine, was aimed specifically at revealing current trends in the attitudes of Ukrainian entrepreneurs and business owners towards philanthropic work, the areas where charitable assistance is being given, the nature of corporate charity policies, the forms that their charitable assistance takes, and so on.
The goals of this survey include showing some of the strategies of Ukrainian companies and corporations in providing charity, such as, what factors affect the decision to giving charity, what areas of charity work are the most interesting to business, what corporate attitudes are towards women’s projects, as well as what obstacles get in the way of developing charity work and philanthropy in Ukraine.
We hope that the results of this survey will be useful, not only to those looking for charitable assistance, but also to contemporary Ukrainian business people, organizations and institutions so that they can establish their own vision of philanthropic activity at their workplaces. After all, charity is a reflection of the moral state of a society.
The Ukrainian Women’s Fund would like to thank Mama Cash, a Netherlands foundation, for its support in carrying out this survey.
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