Deutschlandfunk (In German): Mehr als 450 Berufe dürfen Frauen in Russland nicht ausüben. Offizielle Begründung: Die Fortpflanzungsfähigkeit der Frau müsse geschützt werden. Aber die Regeln aus Sowjetzeiten sind umstritten – und könnten demnächst gelockert werden. ADC Memorial hat wegen politischen…
The issue is devoted to the different manifestations of discriminations and the ways to combat them. News within the campaign for the abolition of the list of prohibited professions for women #AllJobs4AllWomen, pogroms of Roma settlements in Russia, persecution of…
Short movies about persecutions against Crimean Tatars from the project “Sentsov list” were presented in Brussels in October 2018; specially for this presentation ADC Memorial translated some of the movies into English. On 14 May 2018, Ukrainian film director Oleg…
THE OBSERVATORY – PRESS RELEASE Bishkek – Geneva – Paris, October 23, 2018 – Yesterday,the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan granted the petition of FIDH member organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan challenging the lower court’s designation of reports by Bir Duino and…
Based on the results of the 64th session of the UN Committee on Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights, experts of the Committee made recommendations to the authorities of Turkmenistan aimed at achieving gender equality within the framework of implementation of the…
We frequently hear the opinion that the list of professions banned for women is a protective measure, since it protects women from arduous work conditions. Is this the case? If we’re going to speak about proper work conditions, then they…
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