The mobile brigade received a report from the police about domestic violence against a young woman by her mother. During an emergency visit to the victim's address, the mobile team of social and psychological assistance found out that she was in a depressed state, said that she did not see the point of living any longer, and, according to her, was even thinking of ending her life.
During the conversation, she said that she has been living under psychological pressure since childhood. The situation in the family worsened after the death of her father, life became unbearable for her. She hoped for an improvement in relations, so she agreed to her sister's persuasion and mother's promises and gave up her share of the apartment through a notary. But from that moment, according to her, she became completely powerless in her family. Her mother and sister could not let her into the apartment after work, the locks were changed several times, they were not allowed to use gas and water, she could not wash and wash her clothes. Relatives did everything possible to get the woman to leave the apartment. The victim's physical and psychological condition led to the fact that she lost her job and because of this, her mother denied her food. During the meeting with our specialists, she cried and said that she had not slept for three nights.
The mobile brigade offered to get a job at the city's Day Center for victims of domestic and gender-based violence, issued a winter set of dignity. Our specialists accompanied the woman to the crisis room of the Day Center, where the tired victim slept for more than a day.
During her stay in the safe place, the woman was provided with psychological and legal counseling, the calm environment and the safe place helped the woman decide on her plans for the future. Now she lives in the regional center, got a job. She says that she is grateful to everyone who helped her make such a decision and get out of the circle of psychological and economic violence in the family
Mobile teams work with the support of UNFPA, the UN Population Fund in Ukraine, in coordination with the Office of the Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. The services of mobile brigades are provided thanks to the financial support of the governments of the USA (USAID Office of Humanitarian Assistance), Canada, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain, Finland, Denmark and the Humanitarian Fund for Ukraine (UHF).
* the photo is illustrative
