The Merezhka (Network) shelter for women who have suffered from domestic violence in Cherkasy, in central Ukraine, has been uninhabitable in the cold winter months. Now the city council has allocated UAH 856,168 (about $31,000) for the renovation of its roof and installation of a heating system. What is more, Cherkasy Oblast Administration will support the women by providing social adaptation services.

On October 10, 2018 in Kyiv, 12 representatives from CSO-hubs learnt about volunteer management in the civil society organizations’ activities at the training, based on an adapted manual on volunteer management, developed by UNV and Ukrainian Volunteer Service with the UNDP support.

How to overcome impunity and human rights violations in the context of Russian aggression and the wider context, was is focus of today's meeting of human rights club with a theme "All about sanctions against Russia: is there a plan B for Ukraine?"

12 representatives of the Legal Development Network and the CSO-Hubs Network learn of the necessary methods to write a shadow report on Ukraine’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Training was held by the experts from Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union with UNDP support on October 1-2, 2018 in Kyiv.

Corruption has a negative impact on the entire population, but women are disproportionately affected by its consequences, according to the study "Corruption in the eyes of women and men" conducted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine.

The CSOs hubs presented successful practices of the civil society - authorities cooperation at local level within the Open Government Partnership at the Second Regional OGP Forum, which took place on September 21, 2018 in Kyiv.