A new project has been launched

On 1 July, the NGO "Labour and Health Social Initiatives" (LHSI), with funding from the Human Rights Fund of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine, launched a new project to prevent sexual violence against teenage girls online “CyberSafeGirls: Ensuring Digital Safety for Ukrainian Girls”.

The project focuses on the prevention of online sexual abuse of adolescent girls (13-17 years old), education and awareness raising for child protection and professional staff, parents and caregivers in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Vinnytsia regions.

The project will work to raise awareness, educate, counsel and support adolescent girls in all childcare facilities, youth camps, sports and youth clubs, schools, shelters and social media groups by introducing modern models of preventing sexual violence online, promoting safe and healthy relationships.

The project will also provide three (3) micro-grants to local NGOs in the target regions to enable them to provide information and counselling to adolescents, peer support or training to girls who have experienced online sexual violence and are seeking such support. The grants will also be used to engage boys and adults in online and offline education.