The Anti-Discrimination Centre « Memorial » and the Centre for Social and Gender Research attended the pre-session where several Ukrainian NGOs addressed their recommendations to National Permanent missions to the United Nations Office in view of the upcoming 28th Session of the…
All jobs for all women campaign news

Geneva, 26 September 2017. The UN Committee on Social, Economic and Cultural Rights observed the report of the Russian Federation. In the alternative report of ADC Memorial (with the participation of CrimeaSOS and the NGO “Revival of Kazas and Shor…

The problem of the existence of the lists of professions prohibited to women is relevant for a whole region, which consists of ten countries, where women are currently denied access to hundreds of professional occupations because of discriminatory legislative prohibitions…

On September 20th, 2017, you are invited to join a discussion on employment discrimination against women in a number of professions and the need to cancel “lists of professions and occupations harmful and dangerous to women.” This discussion will take…
Samara Court Finds Refusal to Hire Based on “Professions Banned for Women” Discrimination

On September 15, 2017, the Samara District Court completed its review of the case of Svetlana Medvedeva v. the Samara River Passenger Enterprise. The court found that the internationally-recognized ban on discrimination against women means that women cannot be denied…
Reports of Promo-LEX Association and ADC Memorial on Moldova submitted to the UN CESCR and UN CRC
Promo-LEX Association and ADC Memorial submitted their joint reports to the 62 Session of the UN Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and to the 76 Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The…