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…
Among young people, women share less gender stereotypes than men, including those perceived by some men and women as female "privileges." For example, 58% of young women (15-25 years old) agree that "if men are subject to mandatory conscription, then women should be too," while among young men, 30% support universal…
When the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine became full-scale, there was practically no person left in Ukraine not affected by it directly or indirectly. This also applies to LGBT+ people represented in all strata of Ukrainian society. However, besides the problems that LGBT+ people faced during the war…
All Ukrainians suffer in one way or another from Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24. However, some vulnerable groups due to their peculiarities also face additional challenges. Trans people are among such groups. Like the rest, trans people were caught by the war in different…
Due to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, many LGBTQI + people have been forced to flee their homes. Some are forced to travel abroad, others need shelter and food in Ukraine's safe areas. The Insight NGO team collected several stories of people they helped. We publish stories with the permission of storytellers…
“Did you file a police report?” This is the first question asked of those who have suffered from a crime or witnessed one. The official name of this document is a “Statement on a criminal offense or other event.” And in response we hear: “Why should I file a report? Isn't calling the police enough?” No, it is not…
Personal safety never stops being relevant. Modern self-defense tools are becoming compact, effective, and convenient. They fall into three groups: freely sold, requiring a permit, and prohibited. Self-defense tools that do not require a special permit: Pepper spray Except those intended specifically for law…
Author: Inna Iryskina, Transgender program coordinator of Insight NGO In lieu of an introduction The concept of gender identity is unquestionably central to understanding the phenomenon of being transgender as such. At the same time, a great deal of ambiguity and fog still surrounds this concept, which gives rise to…
What does bullying do to a child? Who is responsible when bullying happens at school? How can anti-LGBTQI+ bullying in the classroom be effectively stopped? What should a school psychologist do upon learning about bullying? Psychologist Kseniia Vittenberg explains, in audio and text form, how to help a child at school…
