Psychosocial support for women and girls in safe spaces in war conditions

The article is devoted to the topical issue of the theory and practice of social work in Ukraine – the creation of safe spaces for women and girls as a component of psychosocial support. The authors aimed to identify the features and tasks, methods of working in safe spaces for women and girls in the context of psychosocial support in Ukraine. The objectives of the article were: 1) to define the concepts of safe spaces and psychosocial support; 2) the target audience of the spaces; 3) possible content and methods of work in these spaces. The main research methods were: theoretical analysis of sources, generalization of experience, examples. The results of the study are: definition of the concept of safe spaces for women and girls, identification of their special need for women and girls, categories of people who are the target audience and recipients of services, psychosocial support, the importance of overcoming isolation and expanding social ties for them, goals and directions of safe spaces for women and girls, content and methods of work of social workers in them. Prospects for further research are to identify the specifics of case management in safe spaces in accordance with the problems of different categories of social service recipients.