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“Woman for woman” is a platform launched by the NGO “Women’s Perspectives” aimed at helping women in crisis. We publish stories from their perspective since no one can tell her story better than the woman herself.
We are enhancing the voice of women in crisis so that their stories could reach those who are able to help.

About the project

She Needs Help

To help a particular woman you can buy food for her, donate some money or order a service from her. To do this, leave a message for the project coordinator or use donate button. We do not publish women’s contact information on the website to protect their safety and privacy.

Liza,

40

After the last time my husband beat me, I suffered a heart attack, after which he left me. It is very painful for me to think about everything I have been through and to remember all the violence I experienced. Unfortunately, I also experienced abuse from my father during my childhood. For the past year and a half, I have been undergoing rehabilitation following my illness, and I still feel barely alive. I have now moved to another city and am staying in a shelter. I want to finally live without constant fear, abuse, and beatings. I am looking for a job, but at the moment I have no money at all. I am not an internally displaced person. I am asking for financial support.

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Svitlana,

63

I was thrown by a blast wave during the shelling of our city. As a result of my injuries, I have been assigned a Group III disability status. I have a spinal injury and neuropathic pain in my limbs. Unfortunately, my husband was also injured. He suffered a severe blow to the head, had a stroke, has completely lost hearing in one ear, and has a stent placed in his carotid artery. Our home was completely destroyed. We currently live in the Dnipropetrovsk region and rent an apartment. We survive on two pensions and IDP assistance, but we are desperately short of money for medications, hygiene products, and even basic food.

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Kristina,

35

In February, my husband passed away from meningoencephalitis, leaving me alone with our two children, aged 9 and 10, while I was pregnant. We lived together with my mother-in-law in her home. Our relationship was never good, and after my husband's death, it became even worse. She forced me and my children to leave, and because I do not have a registered place of residence, I cannot apply for survivor's pension or maternity benefits. I am trying to find a solution regarding my registration, but in the meantime, I was admitted to the hospital to preserve my pregnancy. I am currently 30 weeks pregnant. My husband also left behind an unpaid loan of UAH 10,000, and because of it, my bank cards were blocked as well. I am currently left without any money and feel desperate, not knowing what to do. I am asking for your support.

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Maria,

38

I have been battling liver cancer for more than a year, and during this time I have undergone five surgeries. My ovaries were removed, I underwent surgery for blood clots and on my liver, and I also had a heart valve replacement. I am very weak and have been in the hospital for more than nine months. In 2024, I moved from Mariupol to Sambir with my three children, aged 5, 8, and 9. I am currently receiving treatment in Kyiv, while my children are staying with their father. My husband wants a divorce and provides me with no financial support. I desperately want to recover for the sake of my children, so that I can return to them and see them again. I am asking for financial support because I am facing this situation alone and currently have no income.

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Halyna,

48

I have experienced a great deal of violence, beatings, and abuse from my husband. He drank, beat me, stopped going to work, and I had to take out a loan just to survive with my children. I managed to leave my abuser, got divorced, and filed for child support. We were awarded the minimum amount, which he does not pay anyway. I went to court regarding the non-payment and increase of child support, but the case has been dragging on for six months, and there is still no decision. I live with my 13-year-old daughter and survive on my disability pension and UAH 1,800 in child support. At the moment, I urgently lack money for medication and to repay the loan that I am still paying off. Unfortunately, due to my health condition, I cannot work and have a Group II disability.

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Natalia,

36

I am a single mother of two minor children (ages 8 and 12). Because of the war, we lost our home in the combat zone, and we now live in Zaporizhzhia. My younger daughter has a brain injury and developmental disorders. We are currently undergoing examinations at the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv. To begin her treatment, she needs expensive genetic testing to establish an accurate diagnosis. Because I provide constant care for my daughter, I am unable to work full-time. We survive on low-income family benefits and the small jobs I can occasionally find.

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Ask for Help

To get help please tell us about yourself by filling in the questionnaire. Your story will appear on the website and be available for our benefactors to read without your name, surname or contact information published.

All the information indicated is treated as strictly confidential and only the project coordinator will be able to see it.

If you can provide services for a fee, would like to find a full-time or a part-time job, please indicate this in the questionnaire and we will inform the benefactors about it.

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Support Story

To help a particular woman you can buy food for her, donate some money or order a service from her. To do this, leave a message for the project coordinator or use donate button. We do not publish women’s contact information on the website to protect their safety and privacy.

Anna

Якщо ви хочете допомогти конкретній жінці, ви можете купити для неї продукти, допомогти фінансово або замовити у неї послуги.Для цього напишіть нашій координаторці. Ми не публікуємо контакти жінок на сайті заради їх безпеки та конфіденційності.

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Anna

Якщо ви хочете допомогти конкретній жінці, ви можете купити для неї продукти, допомогти фінансово або замовити у неї послуги.Для цього напишіть нашій координаторці.

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Anna

Якщо ви хочете допомогти конкретній жінці, ви можете купити для неї продукти, допомогти фінансово або замовити у неї послуги.Для цього напишіть нашій координаторці.

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Oksana

We were a perfect family from the outside. When the child has grown a bit, I was planning to get a job. It was then that the things went downhill.

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Hanna

Recently I went to the social services department and asked them to take away my child since I cannot provide basic food for him.

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Emma

When I gave birth to my son 25 years ago, I could not imagine the future in my worst nightmare.

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Domestic violence

For an effective defense against domestic violence, it is important to correctly assess the dangerous situation and the risk of continuing violence.

The test makes it possible to find out whether you can request the police to issue an urgent restraining order.