In Ukraine, Women Should Be Protected from Violence in War and Peace

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A woman carries flowers and a placard that says "At the funeral of the patriarchy" during the feminist's Women March on International Women's Day 2021 in Kyiv, during which marchers called on the Ukrainian authorities to ratify the Istanbul Convention. © Pavlo Gonchar / SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Images After more than a decade of advocacy by women’s rights groups, and amid an armed conflict following Russia’s full-scale invasion, as well as a bid for European Union membership, on Monday Ukraine’s parliament took an important step in combating violence against women…

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