NGO ALTERNATIVE REPORT ON UKRAINE’S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN (EIGHTH PERIODIC REPORT) Prepared by women’s and human rights organizations on the initiative of the Gender Strategy Platform, Ukraine, 2016 1 This Alternative Report was prepared by 14 non-governmental women’s and research organizations specializing in the defense of women’s rights in Ukraine. Preparation of the Report was initiated by a group of Ukrainian non-governmental women’s organizations, members of the Gender Strategic Platform Preparation and submission of this Report were coordinated by the Kyiv Institute of Gender Studies, which has been combating discrimination against women since 1999. Preparation and printing of this Report was made possible thanks to the financial and organizational support of the United Nations Development Program (Grant Agreement DHRP-GA-GEN-2015-01) Editorial group in charge of preparing the Report: Yevgeniia Lutsenko, Centre for Social and Gender Research,
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[email protected] Reviewers: Ella Lamakh, Center for Development of Democracy Larysa Kolos, Equal Opportunities School 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Experts and Organizations List of Abbreviations Review of Implementation of Articles of the Convention and CEDAW Committee’s Concluding Observations . 00 ARTICLE 2 and reply to Concluding Observations #18-19 ARTICLE