The rights of women in Ukraine
"Students of capital high schools — participants of women's movement Femen, and also representatives of the Ukrainian show business left on a Kreschatik on purpose to pay attention of the country leaders, the public and the press to a problem of active development of underground sex tourism in Ukraine which gets menacing scales".
Strangely enough, in a modern society traditional role stereotypes, rigidly and differently formulated for men and women operate. They define the prejudiced relation to the woman and justify counteraction of men ("all so arrive", "so was from time immemorial"). Studying of these stereotypes helps to understand the reasons professional ущемленности women.
During the Soviet period the theme of sexual violence, as well as other kinds of violence against the person, was one of privately forbidden for open discussion in a society. Almost there were no scientific researches, polls, statistics (on analytical materials there was a signature stamp “For office using”, and they settled in the Ministry of Internal Affairs). Mass media stored practically full silence: was considered, that in the USSR there is no soil for large-scale violence, and separate cases which nevertheless became known, spoke actions of sexual maniacs or criminals.
Human Rights Watch has published the detailed report on discrimination of women on the Ukrainian labour market. Both the state structures, and the private companies in the announcements of vacancies regularly prefer men, is spoken in the report. To women refuse in work and on the basis of data on the marital status which from the woman demand to inform during interview.
The legal aid to persons, подвергшимся to sexual violence, is carried out within the limits of the current legislation and on its legal basis.
For many years Ukraine on a step has not come nearer to the European standards of protection of the female rights. The European experience has given the chance to many countries to solve successfully problems of women, to reach gender equalities in a society.
For today in Ukraine, on informal data, about sixty percent of women suffer from violence. Nevertheless the official statistics does not exist, and the position of the government concerning this problem remains for the public secret. At press conference in Kiev representatives of the Ukrainian Association of the International Amnesty (УАМА) have stated the concern a position of the Ukrainian government concerning a problem of violence against women.
Position of the woman in a society throughout many centuries changed in the most different directions. In matriarchy its value was dominating. During an epoch of knights it was a worship subject, but any more did not play a political life of a society of essential value. Gradually men have more and more superseded women on the second plan, having limited sphere of its interests and influence by education of children and housekeeping conducting. It, naturally, has caused indignation of many formed women. They have begun struggle for the rights.
Dear lovely ladies. All of us it is readable terrible articles in magazines and newspapers how someone at an entrance or in the street was overtaken by an awful fate to be обесчесченой. And naturally think «Well, what not I», «How to avoid such situations?», well or «that I could make during that moment?» Visit us behind reading of these terrible articles. I can tell with confidence one – nobody is insured. Well and, certainly, knowing some nuances, it is possible to avoid simply well or to prevent these situations.
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