ЖІНКИ ІЗ СІЛЬСЬКОЇ МІСЦЕВОСТІ – УРАЗЛИВІ ДО ГЕНДЕРНОГО НАСИЛЬСТВА ГРУП

Abstract. The article deals with the issues of social work with women living in rural areas who have experienced violence. It also highlights approaches to training of specialists who provide social services to this category of population. It is established that the gender policy is based not only on international legal acts ratified by Ukraine, but also on national legislative acts regulating equality between men and women. One of the key areas of this policy is to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women from rural areas, including the realisation of their human rights. At the same time, women living in rural areas are more vulnerable to gender-based violence than women living in cities. This necessitates the development of special social and psychological rehabilitation programmes for such women. A social work specialist with the appropriate education and qualifications is involved in assessing needs, preparing contracts and individual plans for the provision of social services, organising their provision, and supporting vulnerable groups by providing them with the necessary support. Based on the analysis of the content and focus of social work with women, the study of regional experience of social services and the disclosure of the peculiarities of training future social workers, recommendations were developed to improve the quality of social services for women who are victims of domestic violence: timely detection of the problem of domestic violence against women; intervene as needed through a multidisciplinary approach; correction and change of the situation; correction of negative conditions in women victims of violence: To correct the negative effects of violence, it is necessary to implement: Social work focused on establishing connections and supporting women; educational work aimed at teaching positive communication skills (conflict resolution, adequate expression of opinions), development of adequate thinking and attitude, decision-making, psychological protection, as well as raising the level of self-esteem of women; psychological support for guilt relief, emotional and physical relaxation.