Ukraine

In Ukraine, WINGS is locally known as “Women with Intersecting Marginalizations Initiate New Goals of Safety” (Крила / ВІНГС). Since its launch in 2018, the program has become a vital support system for women facing layered forms of marginalization—including women who use drugs, self-identified sex workers, women and girls living with HIV, and displaced women and girls navigating war and instability.

Where and How WINGS is Delivered

WINGS Ukraine is currently active in 16 regions, including Kyiv, Odessa, Lviv, Dnipro, and frontline cities like Kramatorsk and Mykolaiv. The intervention is offered through community-based harm reduction programs and partner NGO referrals, with sessions delivered via smartphones and tablets—the latter provided by the organization when needed to ensure no woman is excluded due to lack of access to technology.

Impact in 2024

In the past year alone, 1,153 women from key communities have completed the WINGS intervention, gaining access to tools that:

Identify and respond to intimate partner violence
Build self-efficacy and personal safety plans
Strengthen social support networks
Connect to critical services in health, legal aid, and housing

Local Leadership and Partnership

WINGS Ukraine is implemented by Club Eney, a grassroots harm reduction organization with deep community trust and reach. This work is made possible through the support of:

International Renaissance Foundation
ViiV Healthcare
United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women

WINGS materials have been fully translated into Ukrainian, and the team has developed implementation guides and manuals to support ongoing adaptation and scale-up. Manuscript: WINGS Ukraine Manuscript

Recent Publications

Sarnatska, A. & Semigina, T. (2026). Women and Gender-Based Violence: Interventions to Improve Safety.

Sarnatska, A., & Semigana, T. (2026). Addressing gender-based violence through the WINGS intervention: Experience and lessons learned from Ukraine. In T. Semigana (Ed.), Social work in wartime Ukraine: Changing the professional language (pp. 316–350). Talin, Estonia: Teadmus.

United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women. (2022, March 14). NGO “Club Eney”: Continuing essential work for the most marginalized women and girls in Ukraine. UN Women.

WHRIN Administrator. (2021, November 4). WHRIN interview Club Eney. Women and Harm Reduction International Network.

Pykalo, I., Sarnatska, A., & Madden, L. (2020). First experience of using WINGS (Women Initiating New Goals of Safety) intervention to prevent gender-based violence against female sex workers and women who use drugs in Ukraine [Conference abstract]. NIDA International Forum, National Institute on Drug Abuse.

“WINGS” TECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF COUNTERACTION TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN FROM A HIGH RISK GROUP. (2020). Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Social Work, 2(4), 41-46.

Sarnatska, A., Pykalo, I., Hrudii, M., & Parkhomenko, V. (2019). Adaptation of the “WINGS” methodology against gender-based violence in Ukraine. Вісник АПСВТ, 4, Article 11209.

Parkhomenko, V., & Sarnatska, A. (2018). Adaptation and studying the utility in Ukraine of innovative screening of gender-based violence and short interference with the WINGS methodology. NGO “Club” Eney; Eurasian Key Populations Health Network.

CONTACT

For more about WINGS in Ukraine, please contact:

Vielta Parkhomenko

velta.parhomenko@gmail.com

You can also follow their work at Club Eneyon Facebook.

Club Eney‘s WINGS-Ukraine Program Wins 2026 CEB Award for Social Cohesion!