On July 29-30, 2025, a training on the topic “Creating a Strategy and Proposals for the National Action Plan “Women, Peace and Security” was held in Kyiv. The event is part of the project implemented by the CSO “Democracy Development Center” together with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine “Environmental Security with a Gender Perspective”, funded by OXFAM. українською
The training was attended by more than 20 participants from 9 regions of Ukraine, representing the public sector and administrative structures of Kyiv, Odesa, Volyn, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Donetsk, and Lviv regions.
The goal and objectives of the training are to help civil society organizations take into account environmental and climate protection topics in regional and local strategies and action plans; to increase environmental security competencies in structures and organizations working on the topic of women’s rights, gender policy, and the “Women, Peace, Security” agenda; to create draft environmental policies of organizations; to provide proposals for environmental security measures for regional, local structures and organizations to implement the Gender Equality Strategy until 2030 and its plan, and for the draft National/regional Action Plan to implement UN Security Council Resolution No. 1325 “Women, Peace and Security.”
This event is implemented in accordance with NAP 1325 and Operational Objective 4.3. “Conditions are created for equal participation of women and men in decision-making in the field of environmental policy and equal access of women and men to natural resources.” According to the operational action plan of the Gender Equality Strategy until 2030 approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (No. 439-r dated May 2, 2025) for national and regional levels of organizations and state organizations and civil society.
In particular, the following topics were discussed:
- Radiation safety and monitoring of the radiation background of Ukraine: gender component.
- Impact on various socio-demographic groups and their participation in the decision-making process in this area. Who are the subjects and who are the objects.
- Protection of small watercourses, tools for application: gender component.
- New challenges for Ukraine: medical waste.
- Large enterprises and their waste.
- Climate change again. New challenges and problems for women and men in connection with environmental problems and climate change at the local level.
- Practical actions for environmental protection. Strategies and action plans. Successful practices of Ukraine.
The CSO “Democracy Development Center” is implementing the project in cooperation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, funded by the international association OXFAM.
The project includes the work of consultants and trainers on environmental and social policy issues to develop proposals for the National Plan “Women. Peace. Security”.
OXFAM is an international association of 21 organizations working in 81 countries in the world to solve the problems of poverty and injustice.