The closing meeting was opened with a welcome speech by Florian Pötter, First Secretary and Foreign and Security Policy Officer of the German Embassy in Kyiv, who emphasized the importance of our project for Ukrainian society in the current situation and thanked for the work done:

The international project “Overcoming the consequences of war together” has been implemented by the DRA e.V. together with the main Ukrainian partner of the project public organization “Kraina vilnykh liudei” (County of free people) from August 2016 to March 2019 as well as ten other partner organizations from Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Germany.

As part of 5 educational programs for advanced training and education in 6 areas of our project, as well as 3 study tours, a total of 91 activists and specialists from representatives of Ukrainian civil society, as well as partially from Russia, Armenia and Georgia, were trained and re-trained, including the first 18 clinical supervisors in Ukraine. In addition, 286 participants of our two international conferences and one international round table (specialists and experts from more than 10 countries of the world, among them – 9 conflict regions of Eastern and Southern Europe, and the Caucasus) shared their valuable practical experience, got acquainted with the new information from other countries and with important people for further cooperation.

Based on the newly acquired knowledge and skills, the participants in our project implemented a total of 28 mini-projects and conducted over 400 free clinical supervisions for specialists providing psychosocial care in Ukraine. In addition, as part of our project in Ukraine, 4 inter-regional information campaigns were held based on public tenders.

In total, 3847 people participated in the 32 subprojects, which were conducted with the support of our project, and more than 4.279.500 people were involved through social networks and other Internet resources.

The project itself and its results were presented by Maria Slesazeck – Manager of the Project “Overcoming the consequences of war together”, DRA e.V., (Berlin, Germany),

Nadia Khomenko – national coordinator of the project in Ukraine, chairman of the board of the NGO “Kraina vilnykh liudei” (County of free people) in Kyiv and Kramatorsk (the main partner of the project in Ukraine), as well as representatives of the project partners from Georgia, Russia and Armenia:

Diana Miribian – project coordinator in Armenia and an employee of “Armenian Caritas” in Gyumri – thanked for effective cooperation in the field of integration of internally displaced persons and refugees.

In the form of 6 short presentations, participants first revealed the idea of the techniques, areas of application and possible target groups. Then these methods of work could be studied and personally tested more specifically in an interactive environment within each of the 17 two-hour workshops.

Presentation of the educational program for clinical supervision in Ukraine.

Presentation of  educational program “From rehabilitation to education and practice of counteracting domestic violence as a consequence of the armed conflict in the East of Ukraine with the involvement of men”.

“The fair of 32 subprojects of our project”, which took place in the evening of the first day of the conference, introduced the methods one can apply to resolve and weaken problems and conflicts caused by the war as well as which social groups our participants worked with.

The same evening, the publications published as part of our project were also presented: a methodological guidebook on anti-discrimination work in conflict-affected regions and an information brochure on successful integration projects for internally displaced persons and refugees in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Russia (North Caucasus).

Alla Gamakharia, Project Coordinator in Georgia and Head of the Fund “Sukhumi” in Kutaisi (Georgia), presented an information brochure on successful integration projects implemented in Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Russia ( North Caucasus) at the fair of subprojects.

Additionally, the final meeting served as a platform for exchange of information and beginning of long-term relations between our participants, project partners from 5 different countries and invited representatives of Ukrainian civil society from Kyiv and surrounding areas.

Presentation of the component of the project: “Achieving dialogue and peaceful settlement of conflicts with the help of Forum theater”.

Presentation of four social enterprises based within one of the components of our project: “Promoting the development of social entrepreneurship for resolving social and economic conflicts”.

Presentation of information campaigns conducted in order to reduce stigmatization of psychotherapeutic assistance offers in Ukraine.

Achievements of the project “Overcoming the consequences of war together.”

Video recordings of the final meeting of our international project, as well as other videos created in the framework of this and our previous project, can be found on the Project Video page.

Video materials are divided into different directions of our project. For example, the title of one of the components of the project “Promoting the development of social entrepreneurship for resolving social and economic conflicts” presents a record of the international thematic conference “Social entrepreneurship as a tool for overcoming the consequences of war in civil society”, which was held on September 4, 207 in Dnipro. On the page of another component of the project “Integration of internally displaced persons and refugees” there was a television report of the Georgian regional channel “Deviataia Volna” (The Ninth Wave) about an educational trip to Georgia, which took place in July 2017.

As a whole, within the framework of our project, participants of 4 educational programs have implemented 28 subgrant projects that have received our financial support and professional assistance, as well as several interregional information campaigns on the basis of open tenders within the project.

The purpose of these sub-projects presented on the website is to support civil society representatives in Ukraine and in the North and South Caucasus, whose work is aimed at processing and prevention of war-related conflicts.

Videos and materials are sorted into different directions of our project.

On the «Small project materials» page, you can get access to the following publications:

• Information flyer «Take a step further» with useful contacts for psychological assistance throughout Ukraine
• Information booklet with useful contacts for counseling on the prevention of domestic violence in Kharkiv
• Information flyer on the topic «Domestic violence» with contacts for possible help in Cherkasy
• Methodological guidebook «Forum-theater for the spectators» for working with children, based on the experience of working with children from the area of hostilities in the camp «Lisova Zastava» (Forest Gate) in the Kyiv oblast
• Information flyer for all those who are interested in participating in the forum-theater project «Points to stand inside changes» in Odessa
• A manual on anti-discrimination work on the film «Transit Point» created within the framework of the sub-giant «History Spiral»
• A study guide for teachers on the topic «A practical guide for school psychologists, social workers, community aid center workers, coaches-beginners, public activists» based on the experience of the small project «Nonviolent communication at school» in Kharkiv

On the page «Video of Small Projects», you can get access to the following video materials:

• Video clips and TV reports on two interregional information campaigns «I trust a psychologist» and «Traumatic therapy – a way to a complete life» aimed at reducing the stigmatization of psychotherapeutic services in Ukraine.
• Video clips and TV reports about six information campaigns on the prevention of domestic violence as a consequence of the war: «Men against violence» in Dnipro, «World without war is a house without violence» in Severodonetsk, «A man is a winner in his family» in Odessa, «Men do not batter» in Kharkiv, «PUD – against family violence» in Kyiv, and «ATO veteran is a defender of his family» in Cherkassy.
• The videotape of the forum-theater plays on the following 4 subgrant projects, the purpose of which was the processing and resolution of war-related conflicts in the Ukrainian society: «Points to stand inside changes», «Agents of changes», «I can hear you» and «How to find a common language?»
• Documentary film «Transit Point», which was shot as part of a small project “History Spiral” for use in anti-discrimination work in Ukraine.
• Videos from two interregional information campaigns: «NgoBiz» and «Do what you love, help others!». Both campaigns were aimed at popularization of the idea of social entrepreneurship as an effective tool of post-conflict rehabilitation for Ukrainian civil society.

All publications can be not only viewed, but also downloaded as PDFs.

The author of the study guide is Edgar Khachatryan, Managing Director of Armenian NGO “Peace Dialogue”, an expert and coach in (international) peace work, violence prevention, initiation of dialogue and gender issues in conflict regions.

Edgar Khachatryan is one of the three coaches of our training series “Work on achieving dialogue and peaceful settlement of conflicts with the help of Forum theater”, which was held from November 206 to February 208 as part of our project “Overcoming the consequences of war together” in Ukraine and included implementation of 6 small projects by training participants.

The head of the series of trainings was Inna Ayrapetyan, a specialized partner of our project from Russia (Chechnya) and an expert in dialogic work and mediation with the help of forum-theater method, prevention of domestic violence caused by the war, and traumatological post-conflict rehabilitation.

The selected exercises on Forum Theatre collected in the appendix were compiled by Vladislava Kryschnaja. Vladislava Kryschnaja, activist and trainer for Forum Theatre from Ukraine (Gorlovka, Saporoshije) is the third trainer of our training series.

Three coaches from Ukraine, Russia and Armenia, having experience in conflict-affected countries, taught Ukrainian civil society activists who were already involved in peaceful work, various strategies of using forum theater as a means of dialogue between conflicting parties and preventing subsequent conflicts. Besides, participants learned additional techniques, such as performances of street theaters and forum theaters through video stories.

Immediately after the first module, participants were able to apply their knowledge in six small projects and work on various social post-war conflicts in Ukrainian society.

In total, 996 people took part in these 6 projects of our participants, including internally displaced persons, former and present participants of the war, representatives of host communities, children and young people from different regions of Ukraine and battle area: 30 of them took direct part in workshops on the forum theatre and staged plays on topical conflict issues of Ukrainian society. These performances were shown to a total of 866 people, who then, together with non-professional actors, participants in small-scale project workshops, discussed the presented conflicts and jointly searched for their solution.

The following 6 small projects, which are also briefly presented in the study guide, received financial support within our project and had coaches present: “I hear you” in Zaporizhia oblast, “Agents of changes” in Kyiv oblast, “Informing about rights and opportunities through the forum theatre method” in Berdiansk, “City Theater” in Bakhmut, as well as the projects “Strongholds during changes” in Odessa and “How can we find a common language?”, which took place in Ivano-Frankivsk.

The study guide on the topic “Forum theater as a method of recovery and preventing future conflicts” is intended for  peacekeeping activists in conflict regions who are already familiar with the forum theater and now want to use it in dialogic and mediation work. In addition, it is intended for all civil society actors who are looking for suitable tools for post-conflict rehabilitation and mediation and who would like to learn more about the forum theater method and its suitability for peaceful work.

Here you can download the study guide in Russian (and later also in English) in PDF format.

In addition to this publication, you will also find all other materials and videos created as part of our project “Overcoming the consequences of war together” and the previous project of the same name on our project website: they are sorted into two separate sub-pages according to the relevant areas of our project’s work.

All materials created in our project “Overcoming the consequences of war together” can be found here.

You can find all the videos created by the project here.

The methodological guidebook has now been published and is available for download in three languages on our project website.

The author of this methodological handbook is Marina Chernivsky – an expert on combating discrimination issues from Germany, an invited specialist to support our project, director of the Berlin “Strategies for preventing and overcoming discrimination caused by military conflict” and the head of the project “Change of Perspective Plus” implemented by the Central charitable organization of Jews of Germany (ZWST, Germany).

In addition, Marina Chernivsky took up the internal conceptual leadership of our training program “Strategies for preventing and overcoming discrimination caused by military conflict”, which included four modules (5 days in total) and the implementation of 5 mini projects by trainees.  The program was carried out in two stages. During the first two modules, which took place in the framework of the previous project of the same name in 205–206, Ukrainian influencers dealt with the origin of prejudices, stereotyped thinking and the ability to recognize various manifestations of discrimination.Then, within the framework of the current project (206–209), they were trained on the basis of the data obtained regarding strategies for moving away from discriminatory behavioral models and various tools for preventing and resolving conflict situations. In addition, they were given the opportunity to directly apply the newly acquired skills in the framework of 5 mini projects. Thanks to the latter, they managed to call various social groups in Ukrainian society (such as, for example, schoolchildren, anti-terrorist operation (ATO) participants, teachers and psychologists in schools, social workers, regional government bodies and public organizations) to awareness of the discrimination caused by the conflict, as well as to influence to reconsider and change by many of them habitual behavior patterns.

In addition to this publication, you will also find all the other materials and videos created as part of our project “Overcoming the Consequences of War together” and the project of the same name on our website: these are sorted on two separate sub-pages according to the respective working directions, in which each one was created.

All publications and videos that were created in the context of our project are not only for viewing, but can also be downloaded as PDF files and used in your own work (with corresponding source reference).

Through held events, the campaign drew attention of men of Severodonetsk to the topic of domestic violence, especially among internally displaced persons and (former) participants of military activities, and captured more than 7,000 Internet users and residents of the region.

The initiator of the information campaign “World Without War is a Home Without Violence” is one of the participants of our educational program “From Rehabilitation to Education and Practice of Counteracting the Critical Growth of Domestic Violence as the Consequence of the Armed Conflict in East of Ukraine” Aleksandr Dubina. Conducted within the framework of the program, Aleksandr implemented the information campaign together with like-minded people who were brought due to the seminar he had held at the first stage of the project.

To visualize the topic, the placement of a billboard in three places of Severodonetsk with the slogan “I made my choice @NGOFSI #Мирбезвойны_Домбезнасилия” was used as a beginning of the information campaign. These billboards drew attention to the problem of domestic violence associated with the war, and encouraged men to become interested in this issue and contribute to the solution of the problem. The event was supported by active men of the city with a photo-campaign, which was published in social networks.

The men from the water sector of LLC Town Service supported the information campaign “World Without War is a Home Without Violence”:

In order to attract attention of city residents and at the same time to get the opportunity to invite passers-by to a seminar on the topic “Preventing Domestic Violence”, on May 9, 208 a thematic flash mob was held on the streets of Severodonetsk.

During the campaign, the initiators deliberately addressed men and talked to them about the problem of domestic violence as a consequence of military activities in the east of Ukraine, handing over an invitation to the seminar.

A two-day seminar was held from 20 to 2 May with the participation of men, including former participants in the military activities and internally displaced persons.

The campaign received, among other things, coverage in the media through a 30-minute radio interview with the campaign initiator Aleksandr Dubina. The main message of the interview was the phrase “Hitting does not mean love”. Aleksandr tells about his participation in our educational program and the relevance of the problem of domestic violence as a consequence of the war in the east of Ukraine, in Ukrainian society. The interview was held on May 7, 208 in the studio of “Hromadske radio” (language: Russian):

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The campaign ended with the creation of a video with the same title “World Without War is a Home Without Violence“, which is a summary of all events of the information campaign (language: Russian):

https://www.facebook.com/NGOFSI/videos/46232452755345/UzpfSTMOTg0MDIxNzc5OTc3Nzo0NjIzMjYzOTcNTExNTg/

All news and publications that took place within the framework of the information campaign “World Without War is a Home Without Violence”, as well as the future events and initiatives of Aleksandr Dubina on the topic of prevention and reduction of domestic violence, please read on the official Facebook page Free international space.

The information campaign “World Without War is a Home Without Violence”, along with six other initiatives that have been and will continue to be held in six different regions of Ukraine, was implemented within the framework of the project “Strategies for Counteracting Domestic Violence Resulting from the Consequences of War” under our financial and mentoring support.

During the two-day Round Table, experts from the above countries discussed various approaches and successful practices in preventive work with men on the topic of domestic violence (day ), as well as a wide range of experience in using different corrective programs for dealing with offenders (day 2).

The Round Table included discussions on the following topics:

• representing the problems of domestic violence in the countries that have experienced a military conflict earlier or currently: Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia, Russia, Armenia and Georgia
• preventive methods of work in the countries that have experienced a military conflict earlier or at the present time: what should be paid attention to, what are the recommendations and the proven practices, and in which direction to develop
• practical experience of work with abusers in countries that have come through a military conflict: problems, results, prospects
• presentation of specific practices and examples on counteraction and prevention of domestic violence, as well as ongoing programs aimed at working with offenders, representatives of the organizations from the above countries

Another important issue in the general discussion was the presence or absence of legislation on domestic violence in the represented countries and the experience of how it contributes or complicates the work of specialists in this field.

On Friday, July 27, in a more extended group, with the participation of other Kyiv specialists, the results of our original educational course were presented: “From rehabilitation to education and practice of counteracting the critical growth of domestic violence as the consequence of the armed conflict in the East of Ukraine by involving men in responsible practices against domestic violence”. Sub-grant projects implemented by the participants within the framework of the program were also presented.

The training, which took place from April 207 to June 208, was completed by 4 active men from Ukraine ready to counter the negative consequences of the war, in particular domestic violence in Ukrainian society, among them: former participants of military operations and internal in-migrating persons.

In a podium talk format, six of the male participants told about their participation in the program, about the changes that occurred in their personal lives after participating in the program and about the results of their sub-grant projects under our program: seminars for men on the topic of domestic violence and information campaigns aimed to counter domestic violence.

And in the gallery exhibition offered after that, information materials and videos of all six information campaigns were presented:

For more information about the last stage of our participants’ sub-grant projects, read here.

The International Round Table was held within the framework of our project line “Counteracting the domestic violence as the consequence of war in the East of Ukraine”.

The training program was developed within the framework of our project, based on the professional knowledge and experience of experts from the North Caucasus and was implemented by us together with these experts as well as Ukrainian trainers.

Based on the work experience of our previous project, the Education Program is designed specifically for the training and dealing with men affected by the military activities: as it became known in our project work on the reduction of domestic violence as a consequence of military activities in 205 year, in Ukraine (as in many other post-conflict regions) work on this topic is carried out mainly with women only, as well as acutely needed help is provided for victims of domestic violence. But preventive work with men until now, on the contrary, is almost not carried out. But, given our working experience and experience of our colleagues from the North Caucasus, work on the issue of domestic violence as a consequence of military activities can be effective and successful only if this topic will be also handled by men. Therefore, we purposefully invited to participate in our educational program only men who suffered from military activities.

One of the central components of our educational program is the implementation of sub-grant projects by the participants of this program, which are both financially and professionally supported by us. Thus, within the framework of our program, the participants held 7 workshops on the topic of domestic violence with men affected by the military activities and implemented 6 information campaigns on the prevention of domestic violence as the consequence of war in six different regions of Ukraine.

Through the implementation of their own sub-grant projects within the framework of the training, the participants were able to immediately implement the acquired competencies, test and expand their abilities with the help of trainers, as well as directly, neutralizing the conflict, affect the problem of domestic violence in Ukraine. Thus, they contributed to a direct change in the behavior of male participants of the workshops in the first phase of sub-grant projects and, with the help of the information campaigns (stage 2) held later, involved like-minded people in the field of prevention and work with the public against domestic violence as the consequence of military activities.

The next important point of our training program is the rehabilitation of our participants, which is a compulsory component of each training module in which participants fight with their personal emotional stress, feelings and fears and learn how to control them. This personal experience as well helps them in their work with other men.

Our series of workshops consisted of four consecutive modules lasting 7 days and was implemented as part of our component of the project “Strategy for counteracting the domestic violence as a consequences of war” from April 207 to June 208.

In the first module, our participants learned from the selected exercises and work strategies of the “Engaging Men Through Accountable Practice” (EMAP) program, how to work with other men on the topic of domestic violence, as well as to conduct an appropriate preliminary analysis of the target group and their problems.

The second module was aimed at acquiring important trainer skills, as well as at the concept and organizational preparation and further analysis of the workshop. Then the learned techniques of discussion and teaching methods were implemented by the participants in the simulated situations of the workshop, worked out and improved with the help of the trainer.

After conducting the workshops with other men affected by the military conflict, where together they reviewed the sources of domestic violence as a consequence of military activities and possible strategies for responding to them, as well as further evaluation of our participants’ work experience, in the wake of the third module of our training program they learned how to develop and conduct male-oriented information campaigns on the prevention of domestic violence related to the conflict.

These information campaigns on the prevention of domestic violence, which also had to encourage other men to take up the issue of domestic violence in the context of military activities, were implemented in six regions of Ukraine from April to May 208.

Flashmob “Men of Odessa – Against Domestic Violence”, which took place in the framework of the information campaign “The man – winner in his family?” on April 3, 208 on the Tiraspol Square in Odessa.

Seminar on “Men against violence. Allies and Defenders “, which took place in Dnipro on April 9, 208 as part of the information campaign” Men Against Violence “.

In the fourth and last module of our educational program, at the conclusion a joint evaluation of experience and results of our participants’ work was carried out and the plans and working strategies of the participants for the future were discussed.

All participants in our program carry on preventive measures and work with the public on counteracting domestic violence as a result of military activities started on their own initiative within our project.

We wish them success in this work!

Also, after the completion of the educational program within our project component “Strategies to counter domestic violence caused by the consequences of war”, an International Round Table on the topic “Dealing with men on domestic violence topic: efficient prevention practices, dealing with offenders” took place in Kyiv on July 27-28, 208″.

In the framework of the Round Table on the public evening event on July 27, 208, the results of our educational program in the form of a panel discussion with 6 participants of the program were presented, as well as the further exhibition created in the framework of the campaigns of our participants, information materials on the prevention of domestic violence as a consequence of military activities.

In the process, our participants were able to form important and useful – for their future work – contacts with international and Ukrainian experts present, who were very impressed by the results of the work of the trained multiplicators, and immediately after the presentation of the project results, possible cooperation options were discussed and planned.

To get contact details of our multiplicators for cooperation, please contact Maria Slesazeck, Germany, Head of the Project “Overcoming the Consequences of War Together” (DRA e.V.) as well as to Nadia Khomenko, Ukraine, Coordinator of the Project in Ukraine (NGO “Country of Free People”).

The initiator of the information campaign “Men against violence” is a participant of our educational course “From rehabilitation to education and practice of counteracting the critical growth of domestic violence as a consequence of the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine”, Oleksii Kharlamov, who is a representative of community-based organization “Sports and Rehabilitation Club of Sitting Voleyball – SKVS Dnipro”, civil volunteer and active sportsman. Oleksii conducted the information campaign in Dnipro in partnership with Valentyn Ushych and other adherents who appeared due to the seminar delivered by Oleksii at the first phase of sub-grant project.

All the conducted activities were aimed at involvement of men from among sportsmen, former combatants and internally displaced persons into the issue related to domestic violence.

In total one press conference and two seminars on the topic “Men against violence. Ally and defender” were held and six video clips with the participation of popular and authoritative men of Dnipropetrovsk oblast were filmed and spread in social media (two of which were shown on the regional television as a public service advertising) as well as a poster with message “I do not hit” from the video clip heroes (200 pcs circulation) and three articles on the domestic violence topic.

Owing to the specially created page on Facebook under the campaign “Men against violence”, where all the materials were posted, a total number of covered audience was more than 50 thousand social networkers. An attention of men living in Dnipro was attracted to the topic regarding counteracting the domestic violence due to the delivered seminars and pasted up posters “I do not hit” at sports institutions and city public places.

On April 4, 208 a press conference entitled “Say NO to Violence” was held in the media hub “Informator” where Oleksii Kharlamov and Valentyn Ushych announced a start of the information campaign “Men against violence” and told about its objectives and activities planned.

Live video of the press conference “Say NO to Violence” (language: Russian):

On April 9 and April 30 the seminars entitled “Men against violence. Allies and defenders” were held in Dnipro. These seminars were attended by 6 men many of whom are former combatants and internally displaced persons.

Together with Oleksii Kharlamov and Valentyn Ushych they considered the existing stereotypes regarding woman and man in society and showed present group the behavior patterns of possible reaction to violence in case you witness it.

Three articles about gender stereotypes in Ukrainian society and its impact on domestic violence were published under the information campaign.

“Explanation of domestic violence»

“Family stereotypes and their impact»

«Cycle of violence»

To make more people aware of issue related to the domestic violence via Internet six video clips with the participation of popular and authoritative men living in Dnipropetrovsk oblast were filmed and spread under the information campaign. Number of views of “Men against violence” on the Facebook page was more than 40 thousand.

The video clip with the participation of patrol police representatives of Dnipropetrovsk oblast and with Volodymyr Bohonom, Deputy Chief Officer of National Police Main Department. As of June a number of views is 0,279

https://www.facebook.com/MenAgainstViolenceUA/videos/20459760365283/

The video clip with the participation of Head of Dnipropetrovsk Department of All-Ukrainian Free-fight Federation, Viktor Bohuslavskyi, who also supported the campaign. As of June , the number of views is 2,40

The video clip with the participation of Denys Minin, Head of International Organization “World street workout”. As of June , the number of views is ,992

The video clip with the participation of Stas Timofeienko, basketball player, Head of basketball club “Dnipro”. As of June , the number of views is 6,9

https://www.facebook.com/MenAgainstViolenceUA/videos/20677283435355/

Two video clips posted on the last stage of the information campaign with the participation of football players of FC “Dnipro” – head of football club Serhii Kravchenko and Serhii Lohinov – has gained 370 views as early as one day after. A number of views will continue to expand.

https://www.facebook.com/MenAgainstViolenceUA/videos/256959263044/

https://www.facebook.com/MenAgainstViolenceUA/videos/2806475563943/

Posters with the message “I do not hit” from the heroes of the videos were pasted in the gyms and public places of the city of Dnipro.

An additional point is that the information campaign caught the interest of regional mass media:

9-channel, Dnipro, reported on the past press conference “Say NO to Violence” (language: Ukrainian):

Link to the video: http://9-channel.com/208/04/04/choloviki-proti-nasilstva-u-dnipri-startuye-novij-sotsialnij-proekt-komentar/

Newspaper “New Format”: https://nf.dp.ua/208/04/muzhchiny-protiv-nasiliya-v-dnepre-startuyet-proyekt-dlya-preodoleniya-gendernogo-nasiliya/

And newspaper “Informator”:

Publication about trainings “Men against violence. Ally and defender” in newspaper «Gorod.dp.ua».

The support of the information campaign against domestic violence by Serhii Lohinov was featured on the official page of FC “Dnipro”:

All the news and publications made under the information campaign “Men against violence” as well as information about future activities and events of the community-based organization “SKVS Dnipro” you can find on the official page “Men against violence” on Facebook.

The information campaign “Men against violence”, together with six other initiatives that took and would take place in five different regions of Ukraine, was implemented under the project direction “Strategies to counter domestic violence caused by the consequences of war” with our financial and mentoring support.

We respond to this issue within the project “Overcoming the consequences of war together” through the one out of six working direction called “Counteracting the domestic violence as a consequence of war in east of Ukraine”.

Under the educational course “From rehabilitation to education and practice of counteracting the critical growth of domestic violence as a consequence of the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine” we trained active men from Ukrainian society including former combatants in east of Ukraine and internally displaced persons how to conduct the community activities aimed at the involvement of other men into the practices on prevention of domestic violence as a consequence of war.

The program participants have already delivered seminars on this topic with other men who were at some point touched by the war and at this time together with these men they are implementing awareness campaigns on domestic violence prevention in six regions of Ukraine. Clicking on this link you can find some outcomes of men’s work who are participants of our authorial program aimed at involvement of men into the important practices on prevention of domestic violence “From rehabilitation to education and practice of counteracting the critical growth of domestic violence as a consequence of the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine”

The program implementation is coming to an end at the moment and we already can see the positive effects and we would like to put forward the topic on dealing with men in the direction of counteracting the domestic violence for round table discussion. International Round Table will take place in Kyiv on July 27-28, 208.

During the International Round Table “Dealing with men on domestic violence topic: efficient prevention practices, dealing with offenders” we are planning to discuss the following topics:

• the overall situation related to domestic violence in Ukraine (statistics, studies, mass media, etc.);
• what practical experience dealing with men on domestic violence topic does exist, how efficient is it and what challenges do civil volunteers face in their work for this direction in Ukraine;
• what specific successful practices dealing with offenders and men (not offenders) on counteracting the domestic violence topic do exist;
• whether the direction of work dealing with men in counteracting the domestic violence has long-term perspective;
• sharing experiences of successful practices with organizations and experts from other countries experienced in involvement of men into the important practices of counteracting the domestic violence in the post-conflict space;
• and other

We invite all interested people to fill out this form that we can take into account your opinions in drafting the International Round Table Agenda: “Dealing with men on domestic violence topic: efficient prevention practices, dealing with offenders”.

The most interested in this topic people will be invited to participate. The invitation criterion will be your answers in this form.

Please, submit the filled out forms by June 3, 208.

If you have any questions you may contact Project Coordinator in Ukraine by the following address:

KhomenkoNadiia@kvlua.org   Khomenko Nadezhda (tel. 0990226675)