OUR HISTORY
The main projects and activities (1994-2002)
1994
UNO Project "Psychological support of the families" under the
aegis of Secretariate UNO of The International Year of the Family.
Specialists of "Rozrada" were trained basic psychological help
skills, methods of psychocorrectional work with families, children and
adults. According to this project there was provided practical psychological
help for people.
1995
Developed
practical psychological methodologies to work with women and their families.
Provided consultations to 60 Montesori School students, consulted married
couples and provided regular support groups for women and families of
Chernobyl. In addition to the above, provided over 400 consultations to
children, 100 to couples and 15 for female school instructors.
Facilitated
seven (7) TV programs, 30 minutes each on National TV Channel 1, on the
topic of Family, Women and Health.
1996
Continued work at schools (numbers 178, 177 and 174). Counseled over 600
students and 100 parents.
Training
for women at risk focusing on living in a safe, healthy manner, avoiding
burnout and physical and mental stress.
Scientific research of psychological models of post-totalitarian personality,
society and relations. Models and curricula adapted and tested.
Research requested by Kyiv State Administration on cultural identity and
aspects of parent's attitude toward use of national Ukrainian language:
420 parents were questioned.
1997
Creating
in the center "Rozrada" the psychological center of women support
with assistance of NIS-US Women's Consortium with funding from USAID.
Starting in November 1997, 105 individual consultations were given and
10 meetings of the support groups for single women
Trainings
for the Gender Bureau of the UN "The training program of women leaders"
- problems of political psychology, the image of woman-leaders, communication
habits.
Cooperation
with Kyiv City Administration Office of Protection of "under-protected
and discriminated individuals", NIS-US Women's Consortium, Women's
Informational Consultative Center on development of "Women's Center-
Informational-Vocational Training Center for Women".
The
section of the book "Women in Ukraine" was prepared - "The
social, psychological and medical state of girls in Ukraine"
The
seminar "The peaceful conflicts resolution" with assistance
of the World International Women League for Peace and Freedom (Swedish
and Danish Branches) was carried out.
1998
UNIFEM
Project "Prevention of Violence against Women: An Educational and
Psychological Training Program". Provide seven (7) training programs
for trainers on prevention violence against women in 7 cities of Ukraine
(for local administration, health care providers, social workers, legal-enforcement
officers, and women's NGO's); development and printing of 2 brochures
in Ukrainian for women, teens, women's NGO's, at-risk families, Ministry
of Education; psychological consultations for women suffered form different
kinds of violence (there were carried out about 489 individual consultations
for women) and 15 meetings of psychological support groups for women.
Psychological work in Kiev Center of work with women (thanks to support
of NIS-US Women 's Consortium (there were carried out over 372 individual
consultations free for women).
Kyiv Women's Center was opened in December 1998 and offer a 24 hour hotline,
legal-literacy resources, weekly training and psychological assistance
programs, and soon will offer job-retraining skills as well as internet
access. Under the wings of the Center is a Women's Shelter where women
who suffer domestic violence can turn to for confidentiality, safety and
medical/legal assistance.
There were 3 round table held: "Woman and the elections: success,
mistakes, future", "The women's leadership: Psychological premises
of the formation of women-leaders in Ukraine", "Domestic violence:
prevalence, psychological and legal protection in Ukraine". Target
group: Politicians, women organizations' representatives, deputies and
candidates for the deputies, scientists, and representatives of the governmental
structures.
1999
Fund's
"Vidrodzhennia" Project "Assistance to the Activity of
the Center of Women Psychological Support" (1999) - 511 free
psychological consultations for women and members of their families were
provided.
USIS
Fund of USA Embassy Project "Domestic violence as a source of aggressive
behavior"(May, 1999 - December 1999) - there were prepared and
published 3 booklets ("Child and the rights of child", "Domestic
violence and aggressive behavior of children", "Family conflicts
and domestic violence") Also the workshop for the regional representatives
on the problem of prevention of domestic violence and support of victims
was carried out (the booklets were distributed on it).
Center
"Rozrada" in collaboration with "Organization of Young
Christian Women" provided the social-psychological research
of the situation, commonness and understanding of the violence against
women in Ukraine (among adults and teenagers) and carried out the training
programs for women on the topic of domestic violence, sexual harassment
on the work place.
Director
of "Rozrada" was elected as a leader of the lobbying group for
changing the legislation of Ukraine. The first step of the group is lobbying
the introduction of the security organ and the mechanism of its implementation
into the legislation of Ukraine.
2000 - 2001
UN
Trust Fund on Family Affairs Project "Psychological Aid to Family
during the Period of Social, Political and Economic Transformation: An
Educational and Training Program" - providing training program
for specialists "Complex work with families" and preparing and
spreading the manual for specialists.
Counterpart
Alliance Project "Informational and psychological support of children
that suffered from violence" (March 2000 - March 2001) - psychological
consultation for children and their parents, publishing of 3 booklets
for children ("How to stop the abuser inside ourselves", "What
to do if you are the victim of violence", "How to cope with
negative feelings") and 1 for parents ("What to do if your child
is not self-confident") and 2 notes ("Human rights for children"
and "Children rights for parents").
Global
Fund for Women Project "Prevention of Domestic Violence against Women:
Information Campaign and Psychological Counseling of Women" (June
2000 - June 2001) - training for trainers on prevention domestic violence,
consultations for women and their families, development 5 booklets on
domestic violence problem and partner relationships.
PAUCI Project "Educational program for women that wanted to start
their own small business or find a job" - 2 training for "Rozrada"
specialists - in Poland Center for assistance to women and by Polish specialists
in Kiev - in order to master the technologies of training women for market
skills , training for women that wanted to start their own business, 2
brochures devoted to the problem of gender equality in business, image
of business women, business skills, how women can start her own business).
2001 - 2002
International
Women Club (July 2001 - December 2002) "Psychological support of
children and women that suffer from different kinds of violence"
- providing of 100 individual psychological consultations for women
and 100 individual psychological consultations for children that suffered
form different kinds of violence.
Canada-Ukrainian
gender fund (2002-2003) "Prevention and overcoming of consequences
of gender based violence in the family" - development of monthly
Internet newspaper "Family and gender equality", publishing
of 7 popular booklets on this problem, providing 4 training program for
trainers in the regions of Ukraine.
Global Fund for Women (January 2003 - December 2003) "From
Gender Equality to Economical Independence: "School of economical
independence for Ukrainian women" - providing 4 training programs
for unemployed women "Job Club", 2 complex (economic, psychological,
legal) training programs "I start my own small business" for
women, training program for trainers from regions of Ukraine "Job
Club".
International Women Club, Kiev (2003) "Psychological
support of children and women that are in crisis and suffer from different
kinds of violence"Economic independence of women "Job Club"
- providing 2 training programs for women that loose the job or have the
problems with employment "Job Club".
International Women Club, Kiev (October 2003 - March 2004)
"Economic independence of women "Job Club" - providing
2 training programs for women that loose the job or have the problems
with employment "Job Club".
2003 - 2004
International Women Club, Kiyv (October 2003 - March 2004) "Economic
independence of women "Job Club" - providing 2 training
programs for women on employment skills "Job Club".
International Women Club (March 2004 - August 2004) "Psychological
support of children and women that are in crisis and that suffer from
different kinds of violence" - providing 100 individual psychological
consultations for women and 100 individual psychological consultations
for children that are in crisis and suffered form different kinds of violence.
International
Monetary Fund (March 2004 - October 2004) "Psychological support
of domestic violence victims" - 300 individual psychological
consultations for victims of domestic violence.
Participation in the Ukrainian Women Fund project "Support
of new country women organizations" (May - July 2004) - providing
trainings and mentorship support.
Participation in the UCAN Project "Our house" of the Kiev
city NGO "Association of apartment owners"(June - November 2004)
- providing 2 social-psychological trainings "My rights as citizen
and owner. The development of human active position", development
of 2 booklets.
Participation in the UN Project "Developing of manual for policemen
that work with victims of violence. Implementation of the Law "Prevention
of the family violence" (July - August 2004) - preparing
of the chapter "What is domestic violence" of the manual.
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