Ukraine’s Female Combatants: The Influence of Conflict on Gender Roles and Empowerment

Barth, Rebecca

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53130-0_6

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“…Research shows that gender-related factors negatively affect women who use drugs in Ukraine's access to harm reduction, drug treatment and reproductive and sexual health services (Pinkham & Malinowska-Sempruch, 2008). Moreover, service providers may view women's vulnerability to HIV and other harms as a product of lack of personal agency and motivation for self-care (Owczarzak et al, 2018) The experiences of Ukrainian women who use drugs occur against a backdrop of strong gender norms informed by Soviet ideologies, Ukraine's movement for national independence, and global and local feminist movements (Barth, 2021;Kis, 2005). Soviet gender policy guaranteed important socioeconomic and political rights for women, including opportunities for education and near universal literacy.…”

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“…The experiences of Ukrainian women who use drugs occur against a backdrop of strong gender norms informed by Soviet ideologies, Ukraine’s movement for national independence, and global and local feminist movements (Barth, 2021; Kis, 2005). Soviet gender policy guaranteed important socioeconomic and political rights for women, including opportunities for education and near universal literacy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While some Ukrainain scholars argue that this image has limited effect on women’s actual lives (Kis, 2005) and feminist scholars and activists promote gender equality and challenge neotraditional gender stereotypes (Barth, 2021; Channell-Justice, 2020), studies have shown that many men and women in Ukraine agree that a woman’s primary goal and responsibility should be childbirth, motherhood, and caring for the “traditional” family (UNFPA Ukraine, 2018). Income gaps between men and women in Ukraine are high: a woman’s average individual income is about 65% that of a man’s.…”

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Moral Economies of Care and Women Who Use Drugs in Ukraine

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Contemporary Drug Problems

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This article analyzes interviews with women who use drugs in Ukraine to understand the care conundrum they face as members of a stigmatized group. In the interviews, the women sought to position themselves as deserving and needing care as members of a vulnerable category—sometimes as women who use drugs or people living with HIV, but also as mothers—yet also themselves capable of providing care for others. We examine how women who use drugs in Ukraine navigate a moral economy of care involving judgments about deservedness and social worth, the obligatory nature of care, and expectations for reciprocity. For programs for women who use drugs to be successful, they must acknowledge and engage with the moral economies of care in which these women operate. We offer recommendations for how health and social service providers can better meet the unique needs of women who use drugs.

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