Domestic violence in the Kazakhstan is a major impediment to gender equality, womenÕs economic empowerment, child welfare, and other critical public health and safety issues. It has also been a challenging issue for law enforcement agencies and NGOs to address. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has repeatedly raised his concerns about how domestic violence is addressed in Kazakhstan, calling for tougher measures against perpetrators. While there is a law on prevention of domestic violence, there is no defined criminal offence, and the crime is dealt with primarily by administrative law, which carries lesser penalties. However, civil society and academics report the imposition of administrative penalties amounts to a system of impunity. The IVLP will expose participants to alternative criminal processes; social- service responses to victimsÕ needs; and the impact on society at large of children raised in an abusive home.