THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
GOAL 8. PROMOTE SUSTAINED, INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, FULL AND PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENT AND DECENT WORK FOR ALL Target 8.3. Increase employment Target 8.5. Promote a safe and secure working environment for all workers […]
HOW LGBTQI PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND: The only legal act in Ukraine that explicitly prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is the Labor Code of Ukraine (ст. 21). In accordance with the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union and the requirements of visa liberalization, Ukraine is required to comply with the EU Council Directive 2000/78 / EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation, with a sexual orientation as a protected ground. However, these provisions are often not implemented in practice. There is also no effective mechanism for responding to discrimination on the basis of SOGIESC in the field of labor. During the period from December 1, 2018 to March 1, 2019, NGO Zhiva-Ya, which monitors human rights violations on the basis of SOGIESC and provides psychological and social support in Kherson and the Kherson region, documented 10 cases of discrimination, mobbing and stigmatization at the workplace against LB women. Case: Natalia, 40 y.o. Natalia works as a hairdresser. She noticed that some regular clients ceased to go to her, and her colleagues began to joke, scold her on the subject of LGBT. One of these days, one of the clients (who did not stop to use her services), told Natalia that there is a gossip about her sexual orientation which is being spread. The source of gossip was one of the colleagues at the workplace, who shared it with the beauty salon staff and then information reached regular clients. It was shared that Natalia is a lesbian and that she also serves clients with homosexual orientation. Natalia was not openly and did not plan to reveal her sexual orientation at workplace because of homophobia. After the incident, she wants to change her job. She feels she is being mobbed. Some of her regular clients left Natalia, and she feels a negative change in the attitude of the group towards her. Some of her regular clients left Natalia, and she feels a negative change in the attitude of colleagues towards her.
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