Latest items for Ukraine
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:42 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had the approval of the soldiers' immediate superiors yet said that troops seen as against Putin's invasion were in constant fear of physical and psychological pressure. 'One [rapist] ran away, and the rest were beaten by fellow soldiers and commanders using stools,' he said. 'They wanted to shoot them [for committing the atrocity]. 'They could not be charged because there was no evidence, so they were simply dismissed [from the army].'" (para 12-15).
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1, GEW-PRACTICE-1
"'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had the approval of the soldiers' immediate superiors yet said that troops seen as against Putin's invasion were in constant fear of physical and psychological pressure. 'One [rapist] ran away, and the rest were beaten by fellow soldiers and commanders using stools,' he said. 'They wanted to shoot them [for committing the atrocity]. 'They could not be charged because there was no evidence, so they were simply dismissed [from the army].'" (para 12-15).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:42 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine. Nikita Chibrin, 27, told of one horrific case where four of his fellow invading soldiers raped a mother and her daughter in the Ukrainian town of Andriivka." (para 1-2). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4). "'Many found alcohol in [Ukrainian] houses and drank. There was a case in Andriivka when a mother and daughter were raped. Four men did it.' He denied that the sexual violence had...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:42 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine..."(para 1). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The prevalence of rape and the destruction of Ukraine's resources can create a hot bed for STD's and AIDS/HIV due to the lack of contraceptives and access to treatment, especially for those living under Russian occupation).
Variables: ISTD-PRACTICE-1
"A Russian soldier who defected to the West has said Moscow's forces seemed to have 'Rambo Syndrome' as they raped and pillaged in Ukraine..."(para 1). "Chibrin served under the notorious commander Azatbek Omurbekov whose troops were accused of massacres and of raping of women and girls around Bucha." (para 4)(NF - CODER COMMENT - The prevalence of rape and the destruction of Ukraine's resources can create a hot bed for STD's and AIDS/HIV due to the lack of contraceptives and access to treatment, especially for those living under Russian occupation).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"After months of bureaucratic and political delays, Ukrainian officials are gathering pace in documenting sexual crimes, which are prevalent and devastating in times of war but often remain hidden under layers of shame, stigma and fear. 'We found all types of cases of war crimes: rape, forced nudity, sexual torture' inflicted on men, women and children, Ms. Sosonska said. A pattern to the crimes is emerging, she added. 'Now we see there is a line of war crimes in the Russian Army and among Russian commanders.'" (para 5-6). "Russian officials have repeatedly denied accusations of human rights abuses, despite widespread evidence and accounts collected by Ukrainian and international investigators. A...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1
"After months of bureaucratic and political delays, Ukrainian officials are gathering pace in documenting sexual crimes, which are prevalent and devastating in times of war but often remain hidden under layers of shame, stigma and fear. 'We found all types of cases of war crimes: rape, forced nudity, sexual torture' inflicted on men, women and children, Ms. Sosonska said. A pattern to the crimes is emerging, she added. 'Now we see there is a line of war crimes in the Russian Army and among Russian commanders.'" (para 5-6). "Russian officials have repeatedly denied accusations of human rights abuses, despite widespread evidence and accounts collected by Ukrainian and international investigators. A...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Olha, the Kherson woman, said that over 14 days in detention this fall she was threatened with rape and was punched and kicked in the head and chest, breaking a rib. Russians put clamps on her legs, arms and earlobes to send an electric current through her body, she said, and doused her in water to worsen the shocks. Her interrogators knew she worked with volunteers bringing aid from Ukrainian-held territory to civilians in Kherson. They demanded she film a propaganda video and distribute supplies in the name of United Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin’s governing political party." (para 36-37). "The similarity of the evidence and accounts across cities, describing...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-3
"Olha, the Kherson woman, said that over 14 days in detention this fall she was threatened with rape and was punched and kicked in the head and chest, breaking a rib. Russians put clamps on her legs, arms and earlobes to send an electric current through her body, she said, and doused her in water to worsen the shocks. Her interrogators knew she worked with volunteers bringing aid from Ukrainian-held territory to civilians in Kherson. They demanded she film a propaganda video and distribute supplies in the name of United Russia, President Vladimir V. Putin’s governing political party." (para 36-37). "The similarity of the evidence and accounts across cities, describing...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"After months of bureaucratic and political delays, Ukrainian officials are gathering pace in documenting sexual crimes, which are prevalent and devastating in times of war but often remain hidden under layers of shame, stigma and fear. 'We found all types of cases of war crimes: rape, forced nudity, sexual torture” inflicted on men, women and children, Ms. Sosonska said. A pattern to the crimes is emerging, she added. “Now we see there is a line of war crimes in the Russian Army and among Russian commanders.'"(para 5-6).
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-2
"After months of bureaucratic and political delays, Ukrainian officials are gathering pace in documenting sexual crimes, which are prevalent and devastating in times of war but often remain hidden under layers of shame, stigma and fear. 'We found all types of cases of war crimes: rape, forced nudity, sexual torture” inflicted on men, women and children, Ms. Sosonska said. A pattern to the crimes is emerging, she added. “Now we see there is a line of war crimes in the Russian Army and among Russian commanders.'"(para 5-6).
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"On her eighth or ninth day in Russian detention, Olha, a 26-year-old Ukrainian, was tied to a table, naked to the waist. For 15 minutes, her interrogator leveled obscenities at her, then threw a jacket over her and let seven other men into the room. 'It was to frighten,' she remembered. 'I did not know what would come next.' Sitting in Olha’s cramped kitchen weeks later in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, Anna Sosonska, an investigator with the prosecutor general’s office, listened to her recount the ordeal — an account of forced nudity that, prosecutors say, added to an accumulation of evidence that Russian forces had used sexual crimes as a...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"A psychologist and lawyer, Ms. Didenko met Nataliia when she visited their village after Russian troops withdrew. Before the war, her department had handled domestic violence crimes, and she knew well the difficulties women faced in reporting crimes, she said. Much of that has to do with the stigma of rape in a conservative religious society, but there is also a deep-seated distrust of the authorities in a post-Soviet system that has rarely focused on victims’ needs and often blamed them instead. 'From our experience with domestic violence, we realized victims do not talk about it in principle,' Ms. Didenko said. It is even harder in a war when they...more
Variables: DV-PRACTICE-2
"A psychologist and lawyer, Ms. Didenko met Nataliia when she visited their village after Russian troops withdrew. Before the war, her department had handled domestic violence crimes, and she knew well the difficulties women faced in reporting crimes, she said. Much of that has to do with the stigma of rape in a conservative religious society, but there is also a deep-seated distrust of the authorities in a post-Soviet system that has rarely focused on victims’ needs and often blamed them instead. 'From our experience with domestic violence, we realized victims do not talk about it in principle,' Ms. Didenko said. It is even harder in a war when they...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The trauma is raw and inhibiting. Viktoriya, a 42-year-old woman in the Kyiv region, shakes when she describes how, in early March, Russian soldiers shot dead her neighbor and then hauled her and her neighbor’s wife off to be raped. 'The fear still remains,' she said. 'Sometimes when the electricity is out, I am seized by fear and I feel they could come back.'" (para 12-13). "Viktoriya was one of the few survivors willing to talk publicly. She asked that only her first name be used and that her face not be photographed, as did several other women, for fear of reprisals by Russian forces. But the stigma and judgment...more
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2
"The trauma is raw and inhibiting. Viktoriya, a 42-year-old woman in the Kyiv region, shakes when she describes how, in early March, Russian soldiers shot dead her neighbor and then hauled her and her neighbor’s wife off to be raped. 'The fear still remains,' she said. 'Sometimes when the electricity is out, I am seized by fear and I feel they could come back.'" (para 12-13). "Viktoriya was one of the few survivors willing to talk publicly. She asked that only her first name be used and that her face not be photographed, as did several other women, for fear of reprisals by Russian forces. But the stigma and judgment...more
Feb. 5, 2023, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"After investigating some areas Russia retreated from, an independent international commission reported to the United Nations in October that 'an array of war crimes committed in Ukraine' included cases of sexual violence against women and girls." (para 8). "Victims ranged from older than 80 to as young as a 4-year-old girl forced to perform oral sex on a soldier, which is rape, the report said. It detailed more than a dozen cases involving gang rapes, family members forced to watch a relative being sexually assaulted and sexual violence against detainees. Iryna Didenko, who leads the prosecutor’s department investigating such crimes, has already opened 154 cases of conflict-related sexual violence. The...more
Variables: LRW-DATA-1
"After investigating some areas Russia retreated from, an independent international commission reported to the United Nations in October that 'an array of war crimes committed in Ukraine' included cases of sexual violence against women and girls." (para 8). "Victims ranged from older than 80 to as young as a 4-year-old girl forced to perform oral sex on a soldier, which is rape, the report said. It detailed more than a dozen cases involving gang rapes, family members forced to watch a relative being sexually assaulted and sexual violence against detainees. Iryna Didenko, who leads the prosecutor’s department investigating such crimes, has already opened 154 cases of conflict-related sexual violence. The...more
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:47 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Mali, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suriname, Ukraine
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5
1.0
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-5
1.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:45 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1
0.0
Variables: CONST-SCALE-1
0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:44 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Switzerland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2
1.0
Variables: ATC-SCALE-2
1.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 11:42 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mali, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vanuatu
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1
0.0
Variables: ATC-SCALE-1
0.0
Dec. 8, 2022, 6:04 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"Ukraine adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2016 for the period 2016-2020. The NAP was developed through the joint efforts between different national institutions reporting to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The NAP includes six pillars of action: peacekeeping and peace-protecting activities; women’s participation in peacebuilding; prevention of conflicts and violence; protection of women and girls affected by conflicts; provision of assistance and rehabilitation of people affected by conflicts; and monitoring efforts. The NAP approaches the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda both domestically and internationally, with the overall goal to eliminate cultural barriers that hinder the full participation of women in all aspects...more
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"Ukraine adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2016 for the period 2016-2020. The NAP was developed through the joint efforts between different national institutions reporting to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The NAP includes six pillars of action: peacekeeping and peace-protecting activities; women’s participation in peacebuilding; prevention of conflicts and violence; protection of women and girls affected by conflicts; provision of assistance and rehabilitation of people affected by conflicts; and monitoring efforts. The NAP approaches the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda both domestically and internationally, with the overall goal to eliminate cultural barriers that hinder the full participation of women in all aspects...more
Dec. 5, 2022, noon
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"Ukraine adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2016 for the period 2016-2020. The NAP was developed through the joint efforts between different national institutions reporting to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The NAP includes six pillars of action: peacekeeping and peace-protecting activities; women’s participation in peacebuilding; prevention of conflicts and violence; protection of women and girls affected by conflicts; provision of assistance and rehabilitation of people affected by conflicts; and monitoring efforts. The NAP approaches the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda both domestically and internationally, with the overall goal to eliminate cultural barriers that hinder the full participation of women in all aspects...more
Variables: ATC-DATA-6
"Ukraine adopted its first National Action Plan (NAP) in 2016 for the period 2016-2020. The NAP was developed through the joint efforts between different national institutions reporting to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. The NAP includes six pillars of action: peacekeeping and peace-protecting activities; women’s participation in peacebuilding; prevention of conflicts and violence; protection of women and girls affected by conflicts; provision of assistance and rehabilitation of people affected by conflicts; and monitoring efforts. The NAP approaches the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda both domestically and internationally, with the overall goal to eliminate cultural barriers that hinder the full participation of women in all aspects...more
Oct. 7, 2022, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The world was horrified on Sunday by a picture taken by the photographer Mikhail Palinchak on a highway 20km outside the capital, Kyiv, in which the bodies of one man and three women were piled under a blanket. The women were naked and their bodies had been partially burned, the photographer said. The harrowing image adds to a mounting body of evidence that summary executions, rape and torture have been used against civilians in areas under Russian control since the Kremlin launched the invasion of its neighbour on 24 February." (2,3) "Rape and sexual assault are considered war crimes and a breach of international humanitarian law, and both Ukraine’s prosecutor...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The world was horrified on Sunday by a picture taken by the photographer Mikhail Palinchak on a highway 20km outside the capital, Kyiv, in which the bodies of one man and three women were piled under a blanket. The women were naked and their bodies had been partially burned, the photographer said. The harrowing image adds to a mounting body of evidence that summary executions, rape and torture have been used against civilians in areas under Russian control since the Kremlin launched the invasion of its neighbour on 24 February." (2,3) "Rape and sexual assault are considered war crimes and a breach of international humanitarian law, and both Ukraine’s prosecutor...more
Oct. 7, 2022, 12:27 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war as growing evidence of sexual violence emerges from areas retaken from retreating Russian forces. Particularly difficult for many to comprehend is the scale of the sexual violence." (1) "As Russian troops have withdrawn from towns and suburbs around the capital in order to refocus the war effort on Ukraine’s east, women and girls have come forward to tell the police, media and human rights organisations of atrocities they have suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers. Gang-rapes, assaults taking place at gunpoint, and rapes committed in front of children are among the grim testimonies collected...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"Women across Ukraine are grappling with the threat of rape as a weapon of war as growing evidence of sexual violence emerges from areas retaken from retreating Russian forces. Particularly difficult for many to comprehend is the scale of the sexual violence." (1) "As Russian troops have withdrawn from towns and suburbs around the capital in order to refocus the war effort on Ukraine’s east, women and girls have come forward to tell the police, media and human rights organisations of atrocities they have suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers. Gang-rapes, assaults taking place at gunpoint, and rapes committed in front of children are among the grim testimonies collected...more
June 7, 2022, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"Closer to home in Australia, and in this light, there must be a rethink of some of the decisions taken by state governments to decriminalise prostitution (such as has happened recently in Victoria and is currently being considered by the Queensland government). The trafficking of women is a global enterprise. It may not be specifically Ukrainian women who are trafficked to Australia to meet the increased demand created by decriminalisation, but it will be vulnerable women from somewhere. Changes to the laws here put vulnerable women from our neighbouring countries at risk. The Nordic Model has the most potential and the proven track record to stamp out the people smuggling...more
Variables: TRAFF-LAW-1
"Closer to home in Australia, and in this light, there must be a rethink of some of the decisions taken by state governments to decriminalise prostitution (such as has happened recently in Victoria and is currently being considered by the Queensland government). The trafficking of women is a global enterprise. It may not be specifically Ukrainian women who are trafficked to Australia to meet the increased demand created by decriminalisation, but it will be vulnerable women from somewhere. Changes to the laws here put vulnerable women from our neighbouring countries at risk. The Nordic Model has the most potential and the proven track record to stamp out the people smuggling...more
June 7, 2022, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Since the Russian invasion began, more than three and a half million people have fled the country. Because men aged under 60 years old are required to stay in the country and fight, the majority of those fleeing are women and children" (1).
Variables: CWC-DATA-3
"Since the Russian invasion began, more than three and a half million people have fled the country. Because men aged under 60 years old are required to stay in the country and fight, the majority of those fleeing are women and children" (1).
June 7, 2022, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Industries like prostitution and surrogacy – which are both flourishing in Ukraine – commodify and exploit women and children, exacerbate their vulnerability, and create the markets that people traffickers fill. Without the entrenched exploitation of women in Ukrainian society and the ready market for vulnerable women and children both inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries, traffickers would not have the same success or incentive" (4). "Ukraine has a particularly dark history when it comes to human trafficking. Its poor economic conditions create high levels of unemployment and consequent vulnerability to exploitation. Corrupt officials turn a blind eye to the growing illicit domestic sex trade, and commercial surrogacy is legal. All...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Industries like prostitution and surrogacy – which are both flourishing in Ukraine – commodify and exploit women and children, exacerbate their vulnerability, and create the markets that people traffickers fill. Without the entrenched exploitation of women in Ukrainian society and the ready market for vulnerable women and children both inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries, traffickers would not have the same success or incentive" (4). "Ukraine has a particularly dark history when it comes to human trafficking. Its poor economic conditions create high levels of unemployment and consequent vulnerability to exploitation. Corrupt officials turn a blind eye to the growing illicit domestic sex trade, and commercial surrogacy is legal. All...more
June 7, 2022, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4
"Women and children must make calculations every day about which actions will result in the least harm and risk to them and their children. One account about Elżbieta Jarmulska, founder of the 'Women Take the Wheel' initiative, which is working to help women travel safely from Ukraine, observes: 'I accompany Elżbieta, better known as Ela, to a refugee centre where she makes a point of showing her ID card and proof of residence to officials, before she asks if anyone wants a lift to Warsaw. Her car was full in moments. The passengers: refugee Nadia and her three children. Ela settled the family into her thoughtfully stocked car, offering the...more
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-4
"Women and children must make calculations every day about which actions will result in the least harm and risk to them and their children. One account about Elżbieta Jarmulska, founder of the 'Women Take the Wheel' initiative, which is working to help women travel safely from Ukraine, observes: 'I accompany Elżbieta, better known as Ela, to a refugee centre where she makes a point of showing her ID card and proof of residence to officials, before she asks if anyone wants a lift to Warsaw. Her car was full in moments. The passengers: refugee Nadia and her three children. Ela settled the family into her thoughtfully stocked car, offering the...more
June 7, 2022, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Bindel argues that the grave mistake being made at the moment is to view the decriminalisation of prostitution, for example, as something separate to, and unrelated to, the business of human trafficking. “There are also those determined to hold on to the view that trafficking exists on a different planet to local prostitution. I can only assume that these people do not realise that many European brothels are already full to bursting of women trafficked from countries such as Romania and Thailand. 'The idea that ‘sex work’ is good and trafficking bad ignores the huge amount of evidence of harm in accepting the buying and selling of women’s bodies for...more
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Bindel argues that the grave mistake being made at the moment is to view the decriminalisation of prostitution, for example, as something separate to, and unrelated to, the business of human trafficking. “There are also those determined to hold on to the view that trafficking exists on a different planet to local prostitution. I can only assume that these people do not realise that many European brothels are already full to bursting of women trafficked from countries such as Romania and Thailand. 'The idea that ‘sex work’ is good and trafficking bad ignores the huge amount of evidence of harm in accepting the buying and selling of women’s bodies for...more
June 7, 2022, 9:49 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: ACR-LAW-1
"Another industry fuelling the trafficking trade is surrogacy. In their article 'The Pornification of War in Ukraine', Gail Dines and Eric Silverman write: 'War-fuelled trafficking is not the only current threat to the vulnerable women of Ukraine. The country was a major worldwide hub for another form of sexual exploitation, ‘surrogate’ motherhood, one of only a handful of nations that allow foreigners to enter into such ‘legal’ agreements. The war has pushed these women into even more desperate situations since many now are living in impoverished refugee camps or bomb shelters, lacking the resources to feed their babies.' Indeed, Helen Pringle and Renate Klein argue that the marketing surrounding the...more
Variables: ACR-LAW-1
"Another industry fuelling the trafficking trade is surrogacy. In their article 'The Pornification of War in Ukraine', Gail Dines and Eric Silverman write: 'War-fuelled trafficking is not the only current threat to the vulnerable women of Ukraine. The country was a major worldwide hub for another form of sexual exploitation, ‘surrogate’ motherhood, one of only a handful of nations that allow foreigners to enter into such ‘legal’ agreements. The war has pushed these women into even more desperate situations since many now are living in impoverished refugee camps or bomb shelters, lacking the resources to feed their babies.' Indeed, Helen Pringle and Renate Klein argue that the marketing surrounding the...more
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A Russian woman has been heard giving her soldier partner permission to rape Ukrainian locals in a phone call intercepted by Kyiv's security services. The shocking 30-second audio clip of the conversation was posted to the telegram channel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday. 'Wives of Russian aggressors call on their husbands to rape Ukrainian women,' the agency wrote on Telegram, along with the clip. 'This shocking interception by the SBU reflects the moral values not only of the occupiers but also of their relatives, 80% of whom now support the war in Ukraine,' the agency claimed in its description of the recording" (Para. 1-4). "Release of...more
Variables: GEW-PRACTICE-1
"A Russian woman has been heard giving her soldier partner permission to rape Ukrainian locals in a phone call intercepted by Kyiv's security services. The shocking 30-second audio clip of the conversation was posted to the telegram channel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Tuesday. 'Wives of Russian aggressors call on their husbands to rape Ukrainian women,' the agency wrote on Telegram, along with the clip. 'This shocking interception by the SBU reflects the moral values not only of the occupiers but also of their relatives, 80% of whom now support the war in Ukraine,' the agency claimed in its description of the recording" (Para. 1-4). "Release of...more
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Putin's band of thugs have been linked to a string of horrific atrocities across Ukraine, including the brutal rape and murder of women and children, often in front of their own family members. Moscow has denied the claims" (Para. 14). "The same attacker allegedly raped and killed another woman in the same village, slitting her throat in an evacuated home" (Para. 39). "The clip, shared on Telegram and Twitter by Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko, showed the inside of a house where Tetiana Zadorozhniak is thought to have been slaughtered in the town of Makariv, 30 miles from Kyiv, last month" (Para. 44). "After days of torture, one of...more
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2
"Putin's band of thugs have been linked to a string of horrific atrocities across Ukraine, including the brutal rape and murder of women and children, often in front of their own family members. Moscow has denied the claims" (Para. 14). "The same attacker allegedly raped and killed another woman in the same village, slitting her throat in an evacuated home" (Para. 39). "The clip, shared on Telegram and Twitter by Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko, showed the inside of a house where Tetiana Zadorozhniak is thought to have been slaughtered in the town of Makariv, 30 miles from Kyiv, last month" (Para. 44). "After days of torture, one of...more
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The audio clip opens with the blue and yellow title: 'SECURITY SERVICE INTERCEPT: Wives of Russian invaders allow their men to rape Ukrainian women.' A women's voice is then heard: 'So yeah, do it over there,' she says. It then becomes clear what she is agreeing to. 'Ukrainian women there. Rape them. Yeah. 'Don't tell me anything, understand,' she adds with a shy laugh. A man's voice is then heard. 'Uh-huh,' he says. 'So I should rape and not tell you anything,' he asks, clarifying that the woman is giving him permission. 'Yes, so that I wouldn't know anything,' the women's voice says, before they are both heard laughing this...more
Variables: GEW-DATA-1
"The audio clip opens with the blue and yellow title: 'SECURITY SERVICE INTERCEPT: Wives of Russian invaders allow their men to rape Ukrainian women.' A women's voice is then heard: 'So yeah, do it over there,' she says. It then becomes clear what she is agreeing to. 'Ukrainian women there. Rape them. Yeah. 'Don't tell me anything, understand,' she adds with a shy laugh. A man's voice is then heard. 'Uh-huh,' he says. 'So I should rape and not tell you anything,' he asks, clarifying that the woman is giving him permission. 'Yes, so that I wouldn't know anything,' the women's voice says, before they are both heard laughing this...more
May 16, 2022, 8:25 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The scale of the brutality has led a Ukrainian rights group to inform the UN that rape is being used as a weapon of war by the Kremlin. Kateryna Cherepakha, president of La Strada-Ukraine, said her organisation's emergency hotlines had received calls accusing Russian soldiers of nine cases of rape involving 12 women and girls. She told the UN: 'This is just the tip of the iceberg. We know and see - and we want you to hear our voices - that violence and rape is used now as a weapon of war by Russian invaders in Ukraine'" (20-22). "The United Nations said last week that human rights monitors were...more
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1
"The scale of the brutality has led a Ukrainian rights group to inform the UN that rape is being used as a weapon of war by the Kremlin. Kateryna Cherepakha, president of La Strada-Ukraine, said her organisation's emergency hotlines had received calls accusing Russian soldiers of nine cases of rape involving 12 women and girls. She told the UN: 'This is just the tip of the iceberg. We know and see - and we want you to hear our voices - that violence and rape is used now as a weapon of war by Russian invaders in Ukraine'" (20-22). "The United Nations said last week that human rights monitors were...more
March 17, 2022, 9:24 a.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the displacement of many women to refugee camps outside Ukraine, "“Organised gangs [are] trying to abduct young women on the Ukrainian Polish border and we already have several cases in Germany where the girls have been abducted by pimps in the refugee camps”, Dmytrieva explains."
Variables: TRAFF-PRACTICE-2
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the displacement of many women to refugee camps outside Ukraine, "“Organised gangs [are] trying to abduct young women on the Ukrainian Polish border and we already have several cases in Germany where the girls have been abducted by pimps in the refugee camps”, Dmytrieva explains."