THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
GOAL 10. REDUCE INEQUALITY WITHIN AND AMONG COUNTRIES Target 10.2. Prevent manifestations of discrimination in society Target 10.3. Ensure access to social services
HOW LGBTQI PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND: Freedom of assembly There is a positive dynamics: each year more and more people support the annual Kyiv Pride Equality March – from 70 people in 2013 to 5,000 people in 2018. In 2018, the National police ensured public order, and about 60 people who tried to prevent the March of Equality were arrested. The community has become more visible and the support has increased among the general society, but at the same time it has mobilized anti-LGBTQI and anti-gender movements. Freedom of expression • 54% of LGBT activists experienced isolated cases of cyberbullying on the Internet • 14% of LGBT activists from time to time face cyberbullying • only 20% of cyberbullying victims applied to different institutions to stop bullying • 26% of activists point out that they do not see effective means of combating cyberbullying4 Right to marry, right to adoption Same-sex couples are denied in equal access to marriage, and registered partnerships are also not recognized by Ukrainian legislation. According to the definition of a marriage in the Constitution of Ukraine (article 51) and the Family Code of Ukraine (article 24), it «shall be based on a free consent of a women and men». Persons of the same sex may not be adopters. Persons that are not married to each other may not adopt the same child (article 211 of the Family Code of Ukraine). On February 15, 2011, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine «On ratification of the European Convention on the Adoption of Children (Revised)», which promotes the introduction of modern legal standards in the field of adoption in order to maximally fulfil the child’s highest interests.
4 Freedom of expression online for LGBT, HIV and gender equality activists, NGO Fulcrum UA, 2018. Available at: https://issuu.com/fulcrumua/docs/freedom_eng
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