GENDER EQUALITY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY


As part of the European integration processes, on December 20, 2022, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approvedStrategy for implementation of gender equality in the field of education until 2030.

The strategy defines the basic principles, target groups, strategic goals and tasks for the implementation of the state policy on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the field of education.

The implementation of this Strategy is aimed primarily at the following target groups:
• education recipients - pupils, pupils, students, cadets, trainees, interns, post-graduate students (adjuncts), other persons who are getting education by any type and form of its acquisition;
• administrative, pedagogical and scientific-pedagogical personnel in the field of education, who ensure the efficiency and quality of its functioning, on whose ideas, views, ideals, assessments and beliefs the worldview of future generations largely depends;
• parents and legal representatives of education recipients who educate children and young people, shape their perception of the world and are a model of behavior;
• the staff of education management bodies, who make management and personnel decisions, determine the conditions for the work of educational institutions, in particular, implement the state policy on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the field of education.
The World Society considers the problem of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in the field of education in the context of human rights. International organizations recognize the crucial importance of education for the development of the individual, society, and state.
In Ukraine, the implementation of state policy and the implementation of educational activities to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women and men are carried out in accordance withLaw of Ukraine "On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities of Women and Men"
In 2023 the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture adopted the Concept of Educational Work, which took into account the provisions of the Strategy for the Implementation of Gender Equality in Education until 2030, as well as the norms of the Law of Ukraine "On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men".

According to the Concept of Educational Work of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, gender education at the Academy is aimed at:
• approval of gender equality;
• prevention of discrimination based on gender;
• application of positive actions;
• prevention and counteraction of gender-based violence, including all manifestations of violence against women;
• ensuring equal participation of women and men in making socially important decisions;
• ensuring equal opportunities for women and men regarding the combination of professional and family responsibilities;
• family support, formation of responsible motherhood and fatherhood;
• education and promotion of the culture of gender equality among the population of Ukraine, the spread of educational activities in this area;
• protection of students from information aimed at discrimination based on gender.

The Academy provides equal rights and opportunities for women and men in obtaining an education, in particular:
• equal conditions for women and men during admission to educational institutions, assessment of knowledge, provision of grants, loans to students;
• preparation and publication of textbooks, training aids, free from stereotypical ideas about the role of women and men and aimed at the formation of non-violent behavior patterns, caring attitude towards the victims, respect for human dignity and sexual integrity;
• fostering a culture of gender equality, non-violent behavior, mutual respect and equal distribution of professional and family responsibilities between women and men.
The training programs and retraining courses at the Academy include disciplines that study issues of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men, preventing and countering gender-based violence, and optional study of the legal foundations of gender equality based on the harmonization of national and international legislation.

Measures to prevent gender-based violence at the Academy are carried out in the following directions:
• studying the situation and collecting data on the facts of gender-based violence;
• conducting information campaigns regarding manifestations of gender-based violence and its consequences;
• carrying out informational and educational activities on the prevention and counteraction of gender-based violence;
• organization and holding of joint and specialized trainings and seminars with specialists who work in the field of prevention and counteraction of gender-based violence, as well as law enforcement officers.

The training programs and retraining courses at the Academy include disciplines that study issues of ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men, preventing and countering gender-based violence, and optional study of the legal foundations of gender equality based on the harmonization of national and international legislation.
Gender equality is also observed in the field of physical education at the Academy. In particular, students of higher education of the KhSAC, under the leadership of the Department of Physical Culture and Health, annually participate in inter-university chess and checkers competitions, in which they have become winners and prize-winners many times. According to the Regulations of the competition, the national team includes girls and boys equally.
The traditional Spartakiad of the KhSAC also includes two types of competitions with observance of gender equality. This is a darts and table tennis competition. Earlier (before the quarantine), tug-of-war competitions were held.
Problems of gender equality are also discussed within scientific and student circles. In particular, at the department of psychology, pedagogy and philology, meetings of the Student Circle are held, dedicated to the problems of such a social phenomenon as feminism in Ukraine and the world, as well as the problems of gender-based violence. On the basis of the Department of Physical Culture and Health, there is a Student Circle on "Problems and Prospects of Physical Education, Sports and Physical Rehabilitation", which also raises issues of gender equality in the field of physical culture.

STATE MEASURES

Presentation of the Strategy for the implementation of gender equality in the field of education

On March 16, 2023, a presentation of the Strategy for the Implementation of Gender Equality in the Field of Education by 2030 took place. live on Ukrinform TV. Organizer: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Speakers: Andriy Vitrenko - First Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine; Kateryna Levchenko - Government Commissioner for Gender Policy.


Practical conference "Implementation of the Strategy for Gender Equality in Education until 2030: Moving Forward

On November 29, 2023, a practical conference "Implementation of the Strategy for Gender Equality in Education by 2023: Moving Forward" was held in Kyiv with the participation of the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska. The event is aimed at evaluating and strengthening the implementation of the Strategy for Gender Equality in Education in Ukraine.
The event was held with the participation of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, the Office of the Apparatus of the Government Commissioner for Gender Policy with the support of UNFPA, the UN Population Fund in Ukraine and the Embassy of Sweden. Education was also invited to the conference, in particular the leadership of regional and city departments / departments of education and science, public organizations, representatives of international and donor organizations.
The practical conference aimed primarily to review and strengthen progress in the implementation of the Strategy through the presentation of national promising gender-sensitive educational practices and foreign relevant experience, as well as through direct dialogue with the authorities and educational influencers.

You can view it at the link: https://www.youtube.com/embed/T0dpEsz725A

EVENTS IN THE ACADEMY

Participation of the head of the department of physical culture and health of the Academy of Sciences in the international project

As part of international cooperation, the head of the Department of Physical Culture and Health of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture N. Tsyganovska took part in the publication "Gender Aspects in Physical Culture and Sports: Sociological Research" (2024)

You can familiarize yourself with the text:
https://pcs.khmnu.edu.ua/index.php/pcs/article/view/236
https://pcs.khmnu.edu.ua/index.php/pcs/article/view/236/234

as well as in the repository of the KhSAC library:
http://195.20.96.242:5028/khkdak-xmlui/handle/123456789/3400

Webinar "Gender evolution or revolution? How are roles changing in modern Ukrainian families?"

On May 30, 2024, as part of the Open Government Week of Ukraine, which took place in Ukraine from May 27 to May 31, the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture hosted a webinar "Gender evolution or revolution?" How are roles changing in modern Ukrainian families?". Moderator of the event is Karina Oleksiivna Popova-Koryak, candidate of legal sciences, senior lecturer of the department of art history, assistant to the vice-rector for educational work of the KhSAC.



Link to event: https://ic.ac.kharkov.ua/news/2024/06.html#1

Participation of a student of the KhSAC in the All-Ukrainian scientific conference with a report

The speech of Karina Brovko, a student of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, with a report "Issues of gender equality in sports among students of higher education" at the 2nd All-Ukrainian scientific conference "Modern views of young people on physical culture, sports and human health", dedicated to the Day of Science in Ukraine, which took place May 17, 2024 at the Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture.
Academic supervisor - Natalia Tsyganovska, head of the department of physical culture and health of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.



You can get acquainted with the text of theses in the repository of the library of KhSAC: http://195.20.96.242:5028/khkdak-xmlui/handle/123456789/3111

Participation of the Student Council of the KhSAC in the event "Parenthood without gender stereotypes"

On May 15, 2024 representatives of the Student Council of the KhSAC took part in the event "Parenthood without gender stereotypes". The event was organized by the Department of Science and Education of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration in cooperation with the Center for Gender Culture in the city of Kharkiv as part of the activities of the "Kharkivshchyna - 1325" Coalition.
The event was timed to the International Family Day, which is celebrated annually on May 15. The event took place online in the form of a game and was aimed at raising awareness of the harmful impact of stereotypes on children's upbringing. During the game, the participants got acquainted with various examples of life situations that parents and children often find themselves in in the various realities of today's Ukraine.



Link to event: https://ic.ac.kharkov.ua/news/2024/05.html#42

Participation of teachers of the KhSAC in the webinar "Combating gender-based violence.
The work of the International Medical Corps on combating GZN"

On March 26, 2024, teachers of the department of psychology, pedagogy and philology took part in Alyona Ignatieva's webinar "Modern challenges of social work". Topic "Combating gender-based violence. The work of the International Medical Corps in combating GZN". The webinar will be held with the participation of Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University and Taras Shevchenko Luhansk National University.



Interactive conversation for students "The problem of violence: means of culture and art on the way to overcoming it"

On December 11, 2023, as part of the All-Ukrainian action "16 days against violence", Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Studies and Social Communications, teacher of the Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Philology, Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (Ph.D), Nanuli Potemkina held an interactive discussion for students "The problem of violence: means of culture and art on the way to overcoming it".
Despite the centuries-old history of existence, the problem of violence today, more than ever, is acute for everyone - ordinary people, philosophers, poets and scientists in various fields of activity. Having considered the theoretical aspects of this issue through the prism of jurisprudence (normative and legal regulation in this area), sociology (statistical data on cases and distribution in Ukraine), medicine (biological prerequisites, physical indicators, etc.), philosophy (moral view of the problem) and, of course, psychology (factors that lead to acts of violence, psychology of the victim and offender, etc.) at an interactive conversation, they confirmed the multifacetedness of the outlined issue and were convinced of the urgent need for its prevention and correction.
Considering the multifacetedness of the problem, the participants of the conversation tried to find out how art can help in solving this problem, identified some forms and methods, and built possible promising directions for a creative solution.



Link to event: https://ic.ac.kharkov.ua/news/2023/12.html#23

Round table "Gender Coworking"

April 21, 2023, as part of the International Conference of Young Scientists "Culture and Information Society of the 21st Century", which took place at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture April 20-21, 2023, a round table "Gender Coworking" was held.
Moderator of the event is Nataliya Sholuho, Candidate of Cultural Studies, Associate Professor of the Department of Cultural Studies of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.
The co-organizer of the event is Alyona Gruzina, manager of the international direction of the expert resource "Gender in Details", cultural scientist, student of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.
Tamara Zlobina, editor-in-chief of the expert resource "Gender in Details", philosopher, candidate of philosophical sciences, spoke at the round table. The topic of the report is "Gender balance in Ukrainian society".


Legal lecture for the International Day of Human Rights

On December 8, 2022, a Legal Lecture for the International Human Rights Day was held for students of the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture as part of the celebration of the International Human Rights Day. This international holiday is celebrated every year on December 10 at the proposal of the UN General Assembly, marking the anniversary of the adoption by the Assembly of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
Moderator of the event is Karina Popova-Koryak, assistant to the vice-rector of educational work, PhD, senior lecturer of the Department of Art History.
Speakers:
• Kristina Proskurina, head of the Student Council of the Faculty of Audiovisual Arts. The topic of the report is "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: History of Creation and Meaning Today."
• Karina Popova-Koryak, assistant vice-rector of educational work, PhD, senior lecturer of the art history department. The topic of the report "How to protect against human trafficking during war?" (one of the aspects is trafficking in women, the legal status of refugee women).
• Nanuli Potemkina, teacher of the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy. The topic of the report is "Cybercrime in the world and in Ukraine" (one of the aspects is cybercrime against women/girls).



Link to event: https://ic.ac.kharkov.ua/news/2022/12.html#13

All-Ukrainian action "16 days against violence" in the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture



3 November 25 to December 10, 2021 The Kharkiv State Academy of Culture joined the All-Ukrainian campaign "16 days against violence". The action was held with the aim of popularizing legal education among student youth, drawing the attention of teachers and students to the problems of violence against women and children, combating human trafficking, current problems of ensuring human rights and volunteering. As part of the campaign, several events were held at the Kharkiv State Academy of Culture.
1. On November 25, 2021, a meeting of students with the inspectors of the public relations department of the UPP in the Kharkiv region took place with students. The inspectors discussed with the students the concepts of "bullying" and "domestic violence", explained their types and forms, the peculiarities of legal responsibility for committing acts of a violent nature and told how to counteract these negative phenomena. They drew students' attention to the problem of human trafficking, informed them about the main forms of human exploitation, explained how to protect themselves from labor slavery, familiarized them with the algorithm of actions when going abroad for the purpose of employment, provided information about hotlines and assistance services for victims of violence.
2. On November 30, 2021, the department of tourism organized a round table "Human rights in modern society", the coordinators of which were Lyubov Bozhko (head of the department, doctor of cultural studies), Alla Anishchenko (associate professor, candidate of pedagogical sciences) and Maryna Zaitseva (associate professor, candidate of economic sciences). Lecturers of the department Lyubov Bozhko (head of the department, doctor of cultural studies), Alla Anishchenko (associate professor, candidate of pedagogical sciences), Myroslava Yariko (senior teacher, candidate of cultural studies) gave their reports. Distinguished guests were invited to the round table to discuss the problems of human rights in modern society: Oleksandr Minenkov - Regional coordinator of interaction with the public of the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for human rights in the Kharkiv region; Oleksandr Salo – Inspector of the Juvenile Prevention Department of the Department of Preventive Activities of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine, police captain;Alla Anishchenko - associate professor of the Department of Tourism Business, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board of "Kharkiv Public Organization Social Universe"; Oleg Lepetyuk - Head of the public organization "Kharkiv Public Organization of Blind Lawyers"; Svitlana Sitnik - President of the Kharkiv Center of Volunteers HOMGO; Ruslana Kryvenkova is a senior lecturer at the Department of Tourism of the State Higher Educational Institution "Uzhgorod National University", candidate of sciences in public administration.
They discussed, including, such topics as: "Constitutional rights and human freedoms in Ukraine", "Juvenile prevention for the protection of children's rights", "Providing assistance to victims of violence in the city of Kharkiv".
3. On December 2, 2021, the Department of Physical Culture and Health organized a lecture-discussion "Prevention of HIV/AIDS", which was dedicated to World AIDS Day. The coordinator of the event was Natalya Tsyganovska, head of the department of physical culture and health. Ihor Kushnaryov - associate professor of the Department of Physical Culture and Health of the Academy of Sciences, candidate of biological sciences, gave a lecture to the students.
4. On December 10, 2021, on the International Day for the Protection of Human Rights, a round table meeting "The problem of human rights in modern art" was held. The organizer of the event is Karina Popova-Koryak, assistant to the vice-rector for educational work, Doctor of Jurisprudence, senior lecturer of the Department of Art History. The round table combined a comprehensive discussion of the problems of violence in the modern world and the peculiarities of the display of human rights in art. 2nd-year students of the Faculty of Cultural Studies, majoring in "Management of Socio-Cultural Activities": Kateryna Pavlova, Sofia Leshchenko, Vladislava Kocharova, Valeriya Galkina, Darya Nikolayenko, and Vladyslava Kovtunenko made presentations. The reports of the students were devoted to the history of the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its main provisions, issues of the exacerbation of family violence during quarantine, problems of violence against women, human trafficking and manifestations of modern slavery.
Karina Popova-Koryak - assistant to the vice-rector for educational work, PhD in Law, senior lecturer of the Department of Art Studies, gave a speech "Peculiarities of the reflection of human rights in modern art". She offered to discuss the problems of violence against women and their struggle for their rights in films, look at forced labor through the eyes of cartoonists, and discover the world of music by Max Richter, a composer who created two music albums dedicated to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Link to event: https://ic.ac.kharkov.ua/news/2021/12.html#11