ENHANCING ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE OF GBV PREVENTION AND RESPONSE IN UKRAINE
In October 2020, the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine supported the initiative of UNFPA on improving access to essential knowledge on GBV prevention and response for specialists working in communities nationwide. With its letter, the Ministry recommended UNFPA three-module online course “Comprehensive Response to Violence against Women and Girls” (https://learn-gbv.mocotms.com) to regional level social policy professionals, specialists of municipal and community social services centres, medical facilities and educational institutions, involved in GBV response at the local level. As of the end of October, more than 5,000 new users registered for the online course and more than 3,200 specialists completed the 24-hour training. The course contributes to developing new calibre of specialists of eective GBV response.