Feminist Ofenzyva

Feminist Ofenzyva (Ukrainian: Феміністична Офензива) is an independent feminist group, which was founded in autumn 2010 in Kiev. According to the group's principle of female separatism only those who have an experience of being a woman in society can become a member of the initiative and can make decisions during group's meetings. Feminist Ofenzyva's first activities were march-demonstration, film festival and feminist conference dedicated to 100th anniversary of the International Women's Day celebrated on March 8, 2011. Group consists of more than twenty members from different fields. Feminist Ofenzyva acts to overcome discriminatory social order and legal system as well as patriarchal forms of power which include sexism, ageism and chauvinism.

Feminist Ofenzyva stands for creating a space for critical gender discussions and independent political activism, space for solidarity and mutual support between women. Members of Feminist Ofenzyva tend to spread emancipatory feminist knowledge and non-sexist language; support initiatives and introduce sexual education in schools and other educational institutions; create gender sensitive education on all levels. Group members also act to overcome compulsory heterosexuality, heteronormativity, and heterocentrism; to criticize patriarchal family institution; to promote equality of different types of voluntary private relationship.

Feminist group aims to change public attitudes and legal assessment of all forms of domestic and sexual violence (sexual harassment, rape, including rape and abuse between spousal partners, trafficking). Ofenzyva wants to reach full retribution for these crimes in all due jurisprudence.

Members of Feminist Ofenzyva act against forced sterilization and forced sex reassignment surgeries of transsexual and intersex people.

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