GENDER ANALYSIS REPORT

USAID/

April 2017

This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It was written by Elisabeth Duban with assistance from Olena1 Suslova under purchase order number AID-121-O- 17-00003

GENDER ANALYSIS REPORT USAID/UKRAINE

April 2017

Written by: Elisabeth Duban with assistance from Olena Suslova

Cover photo: Olena Suslova. Painting by Svitlana Starodubtseva, an artist from , member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2008 and member of the National Union of Folk Art of Ukraine.

DISCLAIMER: The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS...... 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... 7 ОСНОВНІ ВИСНОВКИ ...... 14 I. INTRODUCTION...... 22 PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE GENDER ANALYSIS ...... 22 METHODOLOGY...... 23 USAID MISSION CONTEXT...... 24 II. UKRAINE IN CONTEXT ...... 26 RECENT EVENTS ...... 26 INDEXES FOR UKRAINE...... 28 INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY GOALS...... 29 NATIONAL LAW, POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS ON GENDER EQUALITY...... 31 Ukrainian law ...... 31 National policy ...... 32 Government bodies responsible for gender policy ...... 34 SEX-DISAGGREGATED DATA...... 36 DONOR COORDINATION AND ...... 36 III. CROSS-CUTTING FINDINGS...... 38 ANTI-GENDER MOVEMENT AND THE INFLUENCE OF GENDER STEREOTYPES 38 LGBTI ISSUES...... 40 MINORITY AND VULNERABLE WOMEN ...... 41 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE ...... 44 IV. SECTOR FINDINGS...... 47 DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOVERNANCE...... 47 Rule of law and access to justice ...... 47 Leadership and women’s political participation ...... 49 Civil society development...... 53 Governance...... 54 Corruption...... 56 Media...... 58 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES ...... 60 Poverty ...... 60 Gender and the labor market...... 61 Discrimination in the workplace...... 66 Entrepreneurship and the business climate ...... 69 Agricultural enterprises...... 74 Financial sector development...... 78 Energy security...... 80 HEALTH ...... 81 Basic indicators of healthy lifestyles for women and men ...... 81 Communicable diseases: HIV and TB...... 83 HUMANITARIAN AND TRANSITION ASSISTANCE...... 88 Women among the internally-displaced population...... 88

3 Gendered impacts of conflict...... 90 V. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GENDER INTEGRATION: USAID/UKRAINE PRIORITY AREAS ...... 95 GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS...... 95 PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 96 ORGANIZATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ...... 102 VI. CONCLUSION...... 103 ANNEX A: Scope of work for Ukraine gender analysis...... 104 ANNEX B: Bibliography ...... 108 ANNEX C: List of persons and organizations included in the fieldwork...... 116 ANNEX D: Key internatinal, regional and domestic law and policy related to gender equality and non-discrimination in Ukraine ...... 118

4 ACRONYMS

ADS Automated Directive Systems ATO Anti-terrorist operation CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CEC Central Election Commission CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CoE Council of CSO Civil society organization DO Development objective DPO Disabled persons' organization ECA Europe and Central Asia EU European Union FHH Female-headed household FY Fiscal year GBV Gender-based violence GCA Government-controlled areas GII Index IDP Internally displaced person IGCA Industrial Gender Committee on Advertising IOM International Organization for Migration IR Intermediate result IT Information technology LGBTI Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transg