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Social work with women in the community
Social work with women in the community

Author(s): Oksana Kravchenko, Galyna Kucher
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: community; gender equality; rights of women and men; state power; public organizations;

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes the regional aspects of the innovative experience of developing a system of measures to ensure equal rights for women and men, identifying effective tools for implementing this system. It is established that such innovative approaches are introduced in the city of Uman, the coordination center of which is the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Uman City Council. Among the main achievements on the way to gender equality and respect for women's rights are the following: approved social program to combat human trafficking for the period 2015–2020; City Social Program for Gender Equality for the period 2015-2020; there is a mobile brigade of social and psychological assistance to persons who have suffered from domestic violence and / or gender-based violence; the decision of the Uman City Council “On accession to the European Charter for Equality of Women and Men in the Life of Local Communities” was adopted; The Procedure for Interaction of Entities Carrying Out Measures in the Sphere of Prevention and Counteraction to Domestic Violence and Gender-Based Violence, etc. has been developed and approved. In accordance with these programs, measures are taken to prevent the occurrence of domestic violence, gender-based violence and human trafficking.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 91-99
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English