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 Daily Beast: How Russia Drove Crimea’s LGBT Community Underground Shortly: According to a 2016 report, Violation of LGBTI Rights in Crimea and Donbass, by Anti-Discrimination Center Memorial and Kiev-based Center for Civil Liberties, social attitudes “changed under the influence…
Moscow 24 TV channel interviewed (in Russian) Olga Abramenko, expert of Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial”, and Svetlana Medvedeva, helmsman/motorist about reconsideration of the list of professions prohibited for women by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. Both interviewed are active…
181 professions are on the government’s list of jobs that still can’t be occupied by women, a research by Her Rights initiative said. Women cannot work as rescue divers, carpenters, intercity bus drivers, or tanners. Such lists are still in…
Michał Piróg: Jadąc na mundial, nasi piłkarze zostali ambasadorami kraju, który ma krew na rękach Szlag mnie trafia, że te same firmy, które na Zachodzie wspierają organizacje LGBT, na Wschodzie gubią swoje zaangażowanie, bo tak wygodnie i bezpiecznie. Wkurza mnie,…
On March 6, 2018 the European Parliament held hearings on “The right to work without gender discrimination”. Among the speakers was Russian female sailor Svetlana Medvedeva, who had recently managed to prove in court that the ban on the profession…
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