Anastasia Vashukevich Women’s Rights Project

This initiative launches as a comprehensive women’s rights and women’s safety program led by Anastasia Vashukevich. The first urgent, practical track focuses on suicide prevention and crisis support for women in critical situations.

Women’s suicide is not merely a “private tragedy” or a topic for clinicians alone. It is a signal that a community has become too cold, too indifferent, and too isolating—especially toward those carrying the weight of family, care, and survival.

Our purpose is to create real conditions for choosing life: safety, human support, stabilization, access to qualified help, and a path back to stability. As resources grow, the project expands into broader women’s rights protection—practical, analytical, and educational—supporting motherhood, children’s wellbeing, and family stability.

In most cases, there is no single cause. Common factors include:

• violence, coercion, or exploitation;
• relationship collapse and trauma;
• isolation and lack of a support network;
• humiliation, pressure, and public harassment;
• chronic pain and exhaustion;
• poverty, financial crisis, and housing instability;
• war, displacement, forced migration, and loss of community;
• fear of the future and the belief that “no one needs me.”

The common denominator is isolation at the worst moment—when a person needs not slogans, but practical help and a safe environment.

The mission is to protect women’s rights and preserve life through crisis support, prevention of abuse, restoration of dignity and stability, and the development of practical tools, knowledge, and education that help women and families exit unsafe circumstances.

• suicide prevention and crisis stabilization for women at high risk;
• protection from violence, exploitation, coercion, harassment, and threats;
• strengthening family wellbeing, including protection of motherhood and children’s welfare;
• building accessible crisis support and trauma-informed assistance pathways;
• research, analytics, and educational work related to women’s rights protection;
• building a partner network of specialists and organizations;
• expanding language coverage and services as capacity grows.

The project is structured as interconnected modules. The initial module is crisis-focused—because it saves lives right now.

• initial risk triage and immediate safety steps;
• crisis accompaniment: consistent contact, support, and decision guidance;
• environmental change and safer conditions (where feasible);
• connection to qualified specialists (crisis/trauma support and other relevant care);
• restoring baseline stability: sleep, nutrition, calm, and a plan;
• elements of a crisis support “line” within real capacity limits;
• lawful navigation to appropriate protection resources and referrals;
• program enrollment when a matching assistance program is active and capacity exists.

In parallel, we develop a second track: research, methodology, and educational tools that help reduce repeat crises and help communities recognize risks earlier.

This project is for women who:

• are in acute emotional crisis or despair;
• face violence, harassment, pressure, or threats;
• lack support and feel at risk of self-harm;
• cannot safely exit a toxic environment on their own;
• need a safe “window” and human accompaniment;
• face circumstances that threaten motherhood, children, and basic family stability.

The project is international. Women may reach out from any country if the situation meets vulnerability and risk criteria.

The project launched on April 19, 2026 and started with limited resources. In the initial phase, the primary operating language is Russian, reflecting real capacity and safety considerations for crisis communication.

Accordingly, the first phase prioritizes:

• Russian-speaking minorities in the United States;
• women from communities with Russian-speaking populations;
• women for whom Russian is the primary language during a crisis.

As resources grow and qualified specialists join, the project will expand to serve English-speaking women and additional languages, through interpreters, partners, and expert networks.

Capacity limits also mean:

• not every request can be accepted immediately;
• some support formats may be temporarily unavailable;
• priority is given to high-risk cases and severe hardship situations.

The project is committed to human dignity and non-discrimination. We review requests regardless of nationality, citizenship, country of residence, origin, religion, views, or social status. Any language constraints in early phases reflect operational reality, not exclusion.

Even when we cannot take a case directly, we aim to provide practical orientation, safety steps, and referrals when possible.

Projects like this do not appear out of thin air. Compassion must be backed by participation.

Even $1 matters not only as money, but as a signal:

• people still care;
• this work is needed;
• it has legitimacy, support, and a future.

Supporting women’s safety, motherhood, children, and family stability is not just charity—it is social responsibility.

You can support the project through:

• donations;
• information support (sharing, communications, outreach);
• organizational support (logistics, infrastructure, safe placements where feasible);
• connections (psychologists, crisis specialists, attorneys, crisis centers, partner organizations);
• volunteering in responsible, safety-aware formats.

Funding is collected through a U.S. nonprofit organization.