March being the month of visibility of women’s struggles for equal rights, we present here some news on how women continue their battles against labor restrictions in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Russian Federation In Russia, starting January 1, 2021,…
News Brig: To carry out her work, Evgenia Markova had to use an assumed name and keep below the radar of authorities. The 36-year-old is not a spy but rather a truck driver – a profession that was banned for…
20 Minutos: A pesar de este pequeño avance, el colectivo de mujeres tenía aun mucho camino por recorrer para llegar hasta la igualdad con los hombres. Por ello, tras varios años de protestas, en septiembre de 2020 la lista de…
Thanks to the efforts of the participants of #Alljobs4allwomen campaign, starting January 1, 2021, more than a hundred professional occupations, including some which are in high demand, as those in the transportation sector, will become available for women in Russia….
Irina Kostevich, Belarusian Minister of Labor and Social Protection, has announced the government’s plans to abolish the list of professional occupations prohibited for women, which currently includes 181 professional occupations and 42 spheres of work. In her opinion, modern technologies…
On June 25, 2021, the ILO Convention No. 190 (“Violence and Harassment Convention”), which was adopted together with Recommendation No. 206 containing practical measures for the implementation of the Convention, will enter into force. The convention was discussed for over…
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