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Ravenstvo (Equality): Kyrgyzstan's Disability-Led Response to Gender-Based Violence

Kyrgyzstan · Bishkek · See the Kyrgyzstan profile · See the Bishkek profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 75% 41/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Ravenstvo, a Kyrgyz women-with-disabilities-led NGO, delivers counselling, training and advocacy against gender-based violence. UN-backed surveys found up to 93% of disabled women had faced abuse; its work coincided with 2025 Kyrgyz law reforms toughening penalties.

280+
Women with disabilities directly targeted (2023-24 grant cycle)
93 %
Surveyed women reporting experience of abuse (2025)
Ravenstvo (Equality): Kyrgyzstan's Disability-Led Response to Gender-Based Violence

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Public Association Union of People with Disabilities "Ravenstvo" (Equality)
Period
2014–present
Keywords
disability inclusion, gender-based violence, women's economic empowerment, advocacy

Context

Ravenstvo ('Equality'), a women-with-disabilities-led public association founded in 2014 in Bishkek, runs peer counselling, life-skills and violence-prevention training and advocacy for women and girls with disabilities, funded through UN Women's UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women.

Results

Its 2023-24 grant cycle directly targeted over 280 women with disabilities out of an estimated 102,000 nationally; a 2025 Ravenstvo-led survey of 150 women across seven regions found 93% had experienced some form of abuse, yet only 8 had sought help from police or medical services.

Conclusions

As of 2021, Amnesty International documented only two domestic-violence shelters nationwide, neither disability-accessible nor government-funded; Ravenstvo's programming remains dependent on international donors rather than domestic public funding.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
peer counsellors with lived disability experience, advocacy and training staff

Conditions for success

  • disability-led organisational leadership
  • international donor funding (UN Women, UNFPA, UK government)

Common failure modes

  • no disability-accessible domestic-violence shelters nationwide
  • reliance on international rather than domestic funding

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