All of Insight NGO’s advocacy and educational initiatives are grounded in an evidence-based approach, real data, and in-depth analysis. We believe that systemic change in the country is only possible when public debate and legislative initiatives are backed by scientifically sound facts.
Since the beginning of our work, we have conducted comprehensive research on the situation of the LGBTQI+ community in Ukraine, monitored human rights violations, assessed the effectiveness of law enforcement practice, and developed analytical documents.
Documenting and systematically analyzing violations of LGBTQI+ people’s rights, hate speech, and discrimination in the workplace, in healthcare settings, and in everyday life.
Studying access to quality healthcare (including HRT) and the barriers to legal gender recognition, as well as assessing the socio-economic situation of transgender and non-binary people in Ukraine.
Analyzing the specific challenges community members face during the full-scale invasion.
Preparing alternative (shadow) reports for international institutions on Ukraine’s compliance with its international obligations in the areas of human rights and anti-discrimination.
Researching mental health in the community, healthcare professionals’ awareness of SOGI issues, and the barriers to accessing psychotherapeutic and psychiatric care.
Here you can read and download our key reports, research, practical guides, and recommendations for professionals.
Overview of legislative restrictions on the rights of LGBT+ people in the countries of the former USSR Contents The Criminal Code of the Soviet Union contained an article punishing “sodomy,” that is, sexual relations between men. It was used from time to time to persecute political opponents of the Soviet regime, and…
What rights do LGBTQI+ people still lack? The question of why LGBTQI+ people demand anything for themselves, of what it is they still lack, comes up in the public conversation from time to time. Sometimes it comes with accusations — supposedly they already have every right there is, and now they want some special ones…
In today's world, gender-based violence is, unfortunately, expanding its reach. As society, digital technology, internet access, and a degree of online anonymity develop, the space for committing GBV is shifting from real life (offline) into the online environment — social media, messengers, websites, and other…
The general situation and dynamics of changes General Context On 24 February 2022, the Russian Federation started the full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Warnings emerged from various sources during 2021 that this could happen. At the same time, the Ukrainian state authorities, while making limited preparations…
This analytical piece by Inna Iryskina, transgender program coordinator at Insight NGO, unpacks the concept of “cisheteronormativity” built on the binary model of gender. She examines in detail what this model rests on and how traditionalist patriarchal attitudes affect LGBTQI+ people around the world — and in…
CONTENTS Introduction Gender-based violence can generally be defined as violence whose commission is rooted in a particular gender order of society. Today that order everywhere remains patriarchy, with a more or less rigid hierarchy in which the male gender dominates the female one, and with a more or less rigid…
