Women living with HIV as human rights advocates promoting gender equity in Ukraine

Women living with HIV as human rights advocates promoting gender equity in Ukraine

Partner(s)BudgetDurationProject donor(s)
CF “Positive women”, “Positive Women of the World”NOK 863 9832018-2019The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represented by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kyiv

Project Target Group:

Women living with HIV and their families in Kyiv and Cherkasy

Project regions (oblast):

Kyiv, Cherkasy

Overall Project Goal:

Create enabling environment for HIV positive women rights protection in Kyiv and Cherkasy.

Specific Objectives (expected outcomes):

  1. Empowering two initiative groups of HIV positive women in the city of Kyiv and Cherkassy and developing the capacity of female activists to act as human rights advocates;
  2. Improving quality of life, both physical and psycho-social, of women living with HIV in Kyiv and Cherkasy.

Project activities:

  • Organization of self-support group for HIV-positive women in Cherkasy and strengthening the group “Kiyanka+” in Kyiv;
  • Support of two initiative groups;
  • Trainings for female peer leaders;
  • Creating referral systems of service providers;
  • Working meetings with medical professionals, law enforcement agencies and decision makers;
  • Support and consultations: hotline, peer counseling, lawyer and psychologist consultations, online counseling and support via Facebook secret groups;
  • Master classes and joint leisure activities for women and their family members.