Gender, Politics and Society in Ukraine

Olena Hankivksy is a professor in the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University.Anastasiya Salnykova is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia.

• Contents Introduction: Gender in Transition: Legacies, Opportunities, and Milestones in Post-Soviet Ukraine I. Politics and Gender 1.1) Mosaic Model of Gender Democracy in Ukraine 1.2) Discourse of Continuity and Change: The Legislative Path to Equality 1.3) Electoral Reforms and Women's Representation in Ukraine1.4) Global Campaigns to Combat Violence against Women: Theorizing their Impact in Postcommunist UkraineII. Gender and Social Structures 2.1) Gender, Nation and Reproduction: Demographic Discourses and Practices in Ukraine After the Orange Revolution 2.2) (Re)constructing the Women's Histories in Ukraine: Actors, Agents, Narratives 2.3) Gender and Social Worth in Post-Soviet Ukrainian Civil Society 2.4) Homeless Men and Masculinity Crisis in Contemporary Ukraine III. Gender and Education 3.1) Gender Policy and Education in Contemporary Ukraine: Discourses and Controversies 3.2) Gender Analysis of School Textbooks in Ukraine 3.3) Educational Achievement, Social Background and Occupational Allocations of Young Men and Women in UkraineIV. Emerging Issues 4.1) Gender and Health in Ukraine 4.2) Maculinity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Ukraine: Models and their Implications 4.3) Cash and/or Care: Current Discourses and Practices of Fatherhood in Ukraine 4.4) Ukrainian Societal Attitudes towards the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Communities 4.5) Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Ukraine: Tensions, Challenges and Possibilities Afterword