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KEY INSIGHTS

INSIGHT 1: Half of Ukrainian teens consider their motherland good and excellent in terms of the level of inclusion. The most inclusive place for them is home whereas school inclusive to every 5th Ukrainian teen only.

INSIGHT 2: Dominant majority of teens surveyed (84,2%) state that they are tolerant while 41,2% state they are allies or activists. 66,9% of teens surveyed are ready to do something for greater tolerance in society

INSIGHT 3: Dominant majority of the teens consider inclusion/tolerance level important and growing due to the global civilizational maturing of society and its transition to a new stage where dignity is a valuable resource.

INSIGHT 4: War veterans, women and LGBTQ+ communities are named as those who currently require the most significant support.

INSIGHT 5: Teens want to study gender issues through short video explanations, movies, games, quests, and other creative projects.

INSIGHT 6: Sexism, ageism and lookism are among the top-3 types of discrimination Ukraininan teens face the second year in row.

INSIGHT 7: Teens predominantly reflect that that the degree of difficulty war experiencing is not gendered

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To what extent does your surrounding allow you to be yourself and feel safe?

At home

At school (including teachers and classmates)

50% or less

51-60%

61-70%

71-80%

81% and more

Difficult to respond

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INTOLERANT, TOLERANT, ALLY OR ACTIVIST

Which of the answers are the most about you?

2.9% I am categorically against tolerant changes in worldview; I am against it, so I not only do not keep silent about it but actively oppose changes (with words, and if necessary, I can also physically)

3% I am disturbed and outraged by tolerant changes in the worldview; I am against it and not silent about it.

7% I don't always understand and accept not everyone who is not like me, but I consciously decide not to condemn and persecute others.

36.2% I accept others as they are and interact with them based on agreement and understanding.

27.1% I do not stay silent when I see cases of oppression, violence, or discrimination; I explain to others what diversity and tolerance are and why an inclusive culture is essential.

13.3% I actively promote human rights, equal rights, and opportunities for minorities.

10,5% I don’t know

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How would you rate overall level

of inclusion in Ukraine?

Do you think the war will accelerate

progress towards gender equality?

34,1% - Good

27,4 % - Satisfactory

17,2% - Excellent

13,7% - Hard to respond

7,5% - Unsatisfactory

52,5% - Difficult to respond

28,8% - Yes, it will

18,7% - No, it won’t

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56,3% in 2022 vs 75% in 2021 consider that our society gets more tolerant

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81,3% in 2022 vs 58,2% in 2021 are confident that the progress in the human rights area is important

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What do you think society's movement towards tolerance is connected with?

16,3% The influence of mass media and social networks generates excessive toxicity that needs to be purged.

43,8% The global civilizational maturing of society and its transition to a new stage where dignity is a valuable resource.

13,2% This is the basis of greater efficiency and innovativeness of society

9,6% This is the answer to the request of Generation Z, brought up in greater freedom

17,2% I do not know

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Are you personally ready to do something for greater tolerance in society?

17,1% Yes, I am already doing.

49,8% Yes, I am.

4,5% Probably not.

1,7% No, I am not.

26,8% I do not know

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What do you personally do for greater tolerance in society?

“Protect minorities and prevent others from saying bad things about them. Children should be taught to be tolerant of such people. Promote places ready to accept such people in danger from relatives, etc. Sign petitions and seek equality in the law. And in general, it is difficult to remember everything”
“From time to time, I call on society to be less offensive to others, both in real life and on the Internet, because all people are different”
“I explain the importance of tolerance by arguing with facts and encouraging such actions; I also often raise topics such as tolerance, sexism, inclusion, racism, etc. It encourages critical thinking and the eradication of stereotypes?
“I make remarks to people if they judge other people. At school, they held psychology lessons on this topic for younger students”
“I believe that those people who bully others should be ordered. Because "bullying" is very terrible. Many children have mental injuries after bullying. They close themselves in; they are afraid of everything. I experienced bullying, and I want these people to be punished for it. But I understand that no matter how much I explain to them, they will not understand; they cannot be changed.”
“To begin with, everyone should start with themselves. Accept everyone's opinion, don't be so cruel, understand, and help everyone. Do not judge for religion and orientation”
“We need people's skills not to be so cruel, treat everyone with respect, help, and not criticize so often. To perceive the point of view of other people. Do not look for enemies at every step”
“Please pay attention to the interests of other people, respect other people's opinion (but have your own and express it), confidently break social ideas about people depending on ethnic, religious, worldview, and other differences, and organize mandatory conferences on these topics in educational institutions, organize live events for communication between people with different interests. In addition, it is openness to intercultural communication, which is based on respect for the peculiarities of the other, in other words, his identity”
“I communicate on the Internet and convince people to change their opinion about the LGBT community, women, black people, and other minorities”
“I show respect and proper understanding of other views, cultures, self-expression methods, and individuality manifestation.”
“I believe that it is necessary to talk about it. It is tolerance that is an essential factor in European society”

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85,8% of teens believe that the degree of difficulty war experiencing is not gendered

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69,2% in 2022 vs 92,4% in 2021 of teens know what gender bias is

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49,1% in 2022 vs 66,3% in 2021 of the group faced gender stereotypes

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Have you experienced or witnessed the behavior (select all that apply)?

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How do you think, what is the key reason for stereotypes?

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Who in your environment is more inclined towards gender stereotyped thinking?

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42,9% in 2022 vs 47,2% of teens in 2021 questioned during the survey say they faced discrimination

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Only 12,1% in 2022 vs 21,4% of teens in 2021 confess being a source of discrimination themselves

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Only 16,1% of 53,8% of teens who were discriminated against filed a complaint in 2022

Yes

I don’t want to respond

Hard to respond

If you personally faced gender discrimination, did you defend yourself?

If you have personally experienced gender discrimination, have you filed a complaint?

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Whom did they inform?

30,8% I did not have such a situation

25,8% Nowhere

20,5% Parents

6% I don’t want to respond

5,4% Difficult to say

4% Social media

3% Human rights supporting NGO

2,9% School administration

1,6% Police

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49,5% of teens surveyed saw the nomoregringe hashtaged videos

Have you seen nomoregringe hashtaged videos?

Yes

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What learning formats are most effective for you? You can choose several.

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How many years are needed to achieve

gender equality in Ukraine?

Do you think the war will accelerate

progress towards gender equality?

46,7% - 50 years

23,8 % - I have no clue

12,4% - It’s already achieved

9,1% - 50-100 years

4,5% - 100-150 years

3,6% - Never

52,5% - Difficult to respond

28,8% - Yes, it will

18,7% - No, it won’t

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��THE MOST COMMON

GENDER BIAS

UKRAINIAN TEENS FACE

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“The girl "cannot study" at the technical university”.
“I can't understand something on a certain topic just because it's "not a woman's business"
“Parents did not accept the fact that I gave up skirts, and constantly tried to persuade me to wear them. Constant conversations about the headship of the man in the family from older relatives. From the age of 12, they presented me with cosmetics, despite the fact that I never use it. They forbid me to lift something heavy so that later I could give birth to a healthy child. They were against me cutting off my hair and many other things. Meanwhile, my brother was not allowed to cry and express his emotions”.
“I was also called a boy because of my short haircut (I like it because I am transgender, but it was not said with tolerance but as an insult), also the stereotype that girls (teenagers) should already have big breasts, this it's ugly and I don't do it either, rather the opposite, also saying "you're a girl" and "don't hit her, she's a girl"
“Boys always think that girls are weak and less intellectually developed”
“I'm a girl and I can hit a boy, but he can't hit me”, “You're a boy, you can't put on makeup and wear a dress”, “You're a girl, you can't have short haircuts”
“A woman must give birth. A woman without a man is not capable of anything and will not survive alone. Men are more often chosen for high positions than women, although women are more suitable”
"A man should like beer and football", "A man cannot like sweets", etc.
“Women's rights are not important now, nor is being a man in a woman's body”.

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The original quotes

"Using the term "businesswoman" as an offensive term."

"Don't use femininities when someone needs them."

"There are only two genders, do not argue because I am a biology teacher, and I know better."

When a little girl complains about being bullied by boys, she is told that they show her admiration in such a way.

"A man beats - she is to blame, she has to put up with it all because you are a woman, how else? "

"The guy with the piercing / with coloured hair/gay / shows emotions - not a "real man".

"Don't dye your hair. You’re a boy."

"Boys can't love."

"Girls must have a baby."

"Boys don't cry."

"Boys don't dye their hair" and so on.

"A physics teacher claims that technical specialities are for boys and humanities are for girls."

"The foreign literature teacher says that any girl’s primary goal is to be a wife and a mother, and all those who disagree it now will understand this later."

"You are a man. You must always give in to a woman."

"Boys can't wear pink."

"You're a girl; you have to go dancing, not martial arts."

"Female friendship does not exist."

“I am not perceived as a bisexual person, my sister is not perceived as a lesbian, many gay people are ridiculed and well-groomed guys are often labeled as gay just because of good looks or shaved legs”
“You can't wear too revealing clothes when it's summer outside, despite the fact that men can go without t-shirts”
“I am a guy and I have a feminine enough appearance, and every person of the older generation thinks that this is a problem”
“I wanted to buy a motorcycle, but everyone said that motorcycles are not for women”
“My parents said that you are a man, you should not be afraid of anything”
Gender stereotypes that I noticed in society: “Man have to fight”, “If a guy likes flowers, he is not a man”, “A man should not clean - it is a woman's job”,
“A real man does not go to a beauty salon”, “A real man should have a short haircut”, “A real man should not have black nails (manicure)”
Yes, I was told that if I am a woman, then I should be restrained, more feminine, or I should definitely get married, be a house slave, and definitely give birth to a child.
“The attitude towards women is basic. "You are provoking", "You are a woman, you are obligated", "you are a girl"

The list is endless

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