Kyiv, 31 January 2017 - The Ministry of Youth and Sports held the meeting of practitioners of the state program "Youth Worker". DHRP joined the discussion to plan further youth civic engagement work in the regions of Ukraine.

Kyiv, 7 February 2017 - The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner’s for Human Rights has launched its Alternative report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). 

On 1 January 2017, the second stage of electronic asset disclosure was launched. From now on, all public officials of Ukraine – approximately 700,000-800,000 persons – are required to submit their e-declarations.

In this article UNDP presents six major developments in relation to women's rights in Ukraine, and particularly to the implementation by the Ukrainian government of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

On 29 and 30 November 2016 the annual forum for civil society development took place in Kiev which was dedicated to the theme "Changing. Influencing. Uniting". The Forum which is usually the biggest national event for the public sector brought together a record number of participants – about 1,300 representatives from Ukraine, the US and the EU, charities and NGOs, donor institutions, state and local authorities, businessmen and journalists. It was supported by UNDP together with other bilateral donors.