The problem of gender peculiarities of women’s service and work in probation authority and in authorized bodies on probation issues is raised in the article.

Since 2015, with the adoption of the law, there has been a paradigm shift in the execution of non-custodial sentences. The main direction of work with convicts, along with supervision and control, was the implementation of social and educational work, taking into account the assessment of the risks of repeated criminal offenses. The specified circumstances influenced the partial feminization of the authorized bodies on probation issues. At the same time, the majority of probation subjects are men.

In the article, the authors presented the results of a survey of employees of the probation body and authorized bodies on probation issues from different regions of Ukraine, using an anonymous questionnaire, as well as conducting individual interviews.

The study analyzed the perception of women from among the personnel of the probation body and authorized bodies on probation issues of their own gender while implementing probation functions. The study reveals the ways in which employees of the probation authority and authorized bodies on probation issues perceive gender in their work, some aspects of the violation of the principle of gender equality in relation to women in Ukraine at the workplace are outlined. Also, a definition of the concept of gender and analyzes the main regulatory and legal documents establishing the equal rights of women and men in Ukraine and the world are provided in the article.

The purpose of the article is to investigate certain aspects of the problem of gender peculiarities of women’s service and work in probation authority and in authorized bodies on probation issues.

Key words: gender, gender equality, staff of the probation body, authorized body on probation issues, probation, subject of probation.

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