This thesis deals with the way domestic violence is addressed at the UN supranational and Ukrainian national levels. More particularly, it addresses the construction of the female subject in discourses and legislation on domestic violence on both levels and looks for the reasons of such representation. The thesis thus examines state discursive practices and the link between the state, NGOs, and international donors in conceptualizing policies related to women's issues - domestic violence in particular. The thesis concentrates on the manifold nature of political reasoning which results in...