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The problem of professions prohibited for women and the campaign “All jobs for all women” was discussed on December 2, 2017 during a meeting with Ksenia Sobchak, a candidate in the upcoming Russian presidential elections of 2018. Lawyers Dmitry Bartenev…

Moscow, December 1, 2017 /TASS/. Tatyana Moskalkova, the Russian human rights ombudsperson, believes that the list of professions prohibited for women due to the difficult working conditions involved could be revised. Currently, this list includes more than 400 professions. “This…

Press Release Geneva, 17 November 2017 Ukraine must seize the opportunity of a UN-backed review process to unequivocally commit to putting a decisive end to gender discrimination in the employment field by abrogating the list of banned professions for women,…

A group of women workers in transportation and printing sectors has sent an open letter to the Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson Tatyana Moskalkova, calling on her to facilitate abolition of the list of professions banned for women since it discriminated…

ADC Memorial submitted a new report for the 94th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (the report was prepared with the participation of the International Center for Civil Initiatives “Our House”). The Human Rights experts…

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued recommendations to the governments of Tajikistan (Recommendations 1 Recommendation 2) and Moldova based on its consideration of the periodic reports of these countries. In particular, it noted the problems…