SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR WOMEN SURVIVED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Abstract

During 2022, the police and social protection authorities received 251,829 complaints about domestic violence. During 2022, 244,381 applications and reports on criminal offences and other events related to domestic violence were registered. The purpose of the article is to analyze the legal provisions that regulate the protection of the rights and freedoms of persons who have suffered from domestic violence and violence against women (gender-based violence); characteristics of the provision of social support to women survived domestic violence. The article reviews the legal framework and available social resources regarding the organization of prevention and countermeasures against domestic and gender-based violence; basic methods of assistance to persons who survived domestic violence (shelters, counselling for victims, hotlines, marital psychotherapy and counselling, family conference, mutual support groups, correctional support programs, correctional programs for the offender). The authors of the article conclude that the organization of effective interaction between state and non-state institutions in the prevention and counteraction of domestic violence, as well as social support for women who have suffered from domestic violence, should rely on social work specialists. Since the focus of their professional activity is directed to social services for socially vulnerable categories of the population, including women who have suffered from domestic violence.