A comprehensive methodology and checklist for civil society organisation (CSOs) to run communication/advocacy campaigns to promote the Istanbul Convention have been developed and are now available in Ukrainian. This convention, formally known as the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, aims to eliminate gender-based violence against women.

The methodology, jointly developed by the Council of Europe’s Gender Equality Division, the Women Against Violence Europe Network (WAVE) and UN Women, equips CSOs with advocacy resources and tools to run communication and advocacy campaigns on the Istanbul Convention, generating positive narratives, and debunking the myths and stereotypes regarding the Istanbul Convention.

Awareness raising projects have already been conducted by CSOs in Bulgaria, Czechia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, and will soon also be featured in Serbia.

Translation of the methodology into Ukrainian took place under the Council of Europe project “Combating violence against women in Ukraine – Phase II” (COVAW-II).

See more:

 Methodology in English: Methodology for civil society organisations to run communication/advocacy campaigns to promote the values, aims and main provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

 Methodology in Ukrainian: Методологія для громадських організацій з метою проведення комунікаційних/адвокаційних кампаній для просування цінностей, цілей та основних положень Конвенції Ради Європи про запобігання насильству стосовно жінок і домашньому насильству та боротьбу із цими явищами

 Checklist in English: Checklist for civil society organisations to run communication/advocacy campaigns to promote the values, aims and main provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

 Checklist in Ukrainian: Контрольний список для громадських організацій з метою проведення комунікаційних/адвокаційних кампаній для просування цінностей, цілей та основних положень Конвенції Ради Європи про запобігання насильству стосовно жінок і домашньому насильству та боротьбу із цими явищами

 Webpage. Combating Violence against Women in Ukraine – Phase II (COVAW-II)

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