Ukraine

On November 22-23 and on  December 12-13 2011 two local supervisions took place in the frame of the “Childhood without abuse” project. The theme of the first supervision was „Providing psychological assistance to children-victims of sexual abuse”, whereas the second one:  “Informational and communication technologies and the problem of child sexual abuse”. Altogether almost 50 professionals from Centers of Social Services for Families, Children and Youth of Kiev city, NGOs as well as social pedagogues, psychologists were supervised.

Two local trainings were conducted in the Ukraine: on September 27-29 and October 20-21  2011. The topic of the first one was  “Child sexual abuse prevention” and the second one: “Commercial sexual exploitation of children”. Altogether 38 professionals participated in the trainings. They were the representatives of Kiev City Centers of Social Services for Families, Children and Youth, NGO representatives, educational department’s representatives, social pedagogues, psychologists.

On the 21st of November the international supervision was conducted with Magdalena Zawadzka from Nobody's Children Foundation (Poland) on the topic “Diagnosis, intervention and psychological support in cases of children sexual abuse”. 28 specialists from polish state organizations working in prevention of abuse and neglect took part in the supervision.

The report on Presentation and Launch of Child-Friendly Interviewing Rooms in Western NIS/ Eastern EU Neighboring Region (Belarus, Moldova, The Ukraine) has been published in June 2011 by the International Center La Strada (Moldova).