Ukraine: Forms of judicial redress for women who have been stalked, harrassed or raped by a former husband including; shelters, counselling, financial support or assistance which may be available
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UKR31844.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ukraine: Forms of judicial redress for women who have been stalked, harrassed or raped by a former husband including; shelters, counselling, financial support or assistance which may be available, 1 May 1999, UKR31844.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abcc22.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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There is little information available specific to the question of judicial redress and social support and assistance available to women who are stalked, harassed or have been raped by a former husband in the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
However, according to an Itar-Tass article of 12 February 1999:
Ukrainian women are uniting against male cruelty and violence. Sources in the regional administration of Lvov, Western Ukraine, told Itar-Tass that one of the first crisis centres for women "Women for Women" opened here with the help of American sponsors. Similar centres for women suffering from cruel treatment by men will soon open in Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk. According to sources in the Lvov centre, one in ten Ukrainian women have been victims of physical or moral violence and one-third of them have tried suicide. A shelter for women will open in the Rovno region where four to five rapes are registered every day. The shelter will provide courses of psychic (psychiatric) and medical rehabilitation and offer legal advice to women.
Further information in addition to Country Reports for 1998 could not be found in the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below a list of additional sources consulted in researching this information.
References
ITAR-TASS News Agency. 12 February 1999. "Itar-Tass CIS and Baltia News Digest of Thursday, February 11." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Unsuccessful contact with the following organizations in the Ukraine: The Association of Ukrainian Women, Cherkass Women's Center, Kharkov Center for Women's Studies, UNDP, Zhinocha Hromada.
Internet: CEDAW, Women's Watch.
