HER PERSPECTIVE “Empowering internally displaced young women to participate in peacebuilding in Ukraine”
“Institute for Peace and Common Ground” in cooperation with the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict and UN Women in Ukraine, with the support of the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF), is implementing the project “Empowering Internally Displaced Young Women in Ukraine to Participate in Peacebuilding” (“Her Perspective”).
The project aims to promote social cohesion between internally displaced young women and host communities in 5 regions of Ukraine and build women’s capacity to participate in political processes aimed at reconciliation and reconstruction.
Project description:
The project involves 5 communities from 5 different regions of Ukraine: Novovolynsk, Fastiv: Vasylkiv, Zdolbuniv, and Cherkasy. In total, more than 70 women aged 18 to 35 participate in the project. Half of them are local representatives of the communities where the project is being implemented, and the other half are internally displaced persons living in these communities. After selecting the communities, 2 people from each community were involved in the facilitation training. After that, two teams (up to 10 people each) were formed in each community, who, together with facilitators and under the guidance of experienced mentors from the world of cinema, worked on creating their own video stories highlighting the problems of women in Ukraine in the context of war.
The project aims to support the integration of young IDP women and girls into new communities, teaching them the tools of participatory video production that will make each of their stories visible and their voices heard.
The practical experience gained by the participants within the project is an important driver of society’s development. When there is an opportunity to reflect on it through the support of oneself and others, it becomes a factor that strengthens the social fabric and restores ties within the country.
COMMUNITIES AND VIDEOS
The Novovolynsk City Territorial Community is a territorial community in Ukraine, in the Volodymyr district of the Volyn region.
The area of the community is 75.3 km².
The population is 58809 inhabitants (as of 2020).
Novovolynsk was included in the list of communities covered by the EU program “Housing for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and Reconstruction of Liberated Cities in Ukraine, Component II”. The construction of new housing with grant funding began in the spring of 2024.
In the community, the “Her Perspective” project is being implemented on the basis of the New Wings MC.
Fastiv City Territorial Community is a territorial community in Ukraine, in the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region.
The community’s area is 336.7 km².
The population is 64,174 people (as of 2020).
The number of registered internally displaced persons is 7399 (as of June 1, 2023).
In the community, the “Her Perspective” project is being implemented on the basis of the Fastiv City Youth Center.
The Zdolbuniv City Territorial Community is an administrative-territorial unit and local self-government body of the Rivne District of Rivne Region.
The community has 31.5 thousand residents: Urban population – 24.6 thousand people Rural population – 6.9 thousand people
During the war, more than 1 thousand people from the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine moved to the community.
In the community, the “Her Perspective” project is implemented on the basis of the NGO “Agency of Youth Changes “Khvylya”.
Vasylkiv City Territorial Community is a territorial community in Ukraine, in the Obukhiv district of the Kyiv region.
The community consists of 1 town (Vasylkiv) and 19 villages.
The area of the community is 356.97 km².
The population is 45,864 people (as of 2020). There is a modular town for internally displaced persons in Vasylkiv.
As of the end of December 2023, a total of 177 people from the frontline regions lived there.
In the community, the “Her Perspective” project is being implemented on the basis of the Vasylkiv Youth Center “YOUR SPACE”.
Cherkasy city community is a territorial community in Ukraine, in the Cherkasy district of the Cherkasy region.
The area of the community is 78.2 km²
The population is 275665 people (as of 2020)
The community includes the city of Cherkasy and the village of Orshanets.
According to the Cherkasy Regional Administration, as of May 2024, almost 26 thousand IDPs were officially registered in Cherkasy.
In the community, the “Her Perspective” project is implemented on the basis of the Cherkasy Regional Youth Resource Center.
The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is the only global mechanism created exclusively to support women’s participation in peace and security processes and humanitarian assistance. Managed by a range of civil society, government and UN actors, WPHF is a multi-partner trust fund that mobilizes urgently needed funding for local women-led organizations and works with women on the frontlines to build lasting peace.
WPHF has provided funding and capacity building to more than 500 local and community-based civil society organizations working on the Women, Peace and Security agenda and implementing humanitarian activities in 28 crisis-affected countries.
