In addition to open-pit coal mining, which has had a major impact on Shors, a small-numbered Indigenous group from South Siberia, gold mining companies are also expropriating Indigenous Peoples’ lands where they have led their traditional lifestyles for centuries, polluting…
The BBC has released a major report about the problem of job bans and the women fighting for the cancellation of the list of banned professions. Among the heroes of the campaign #AllJobs4AllWomen are Oksana Shevalye and Svetlana Medvedeva The…
Beginning March 1, 2022, women in Russia were able to work as flight mechanics, flight engineers servicing planes and helicopters, and mechanics for devices, electrical equipment, and radio equipment. The Russian Labor Ministry published the corresponding order. An updated list of…
Minority Rights Group International issued a report on the impact of COVID19 on the world’s most marginalised communities “Minority and Indigenous. Trends 2021. Lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic“ Tolekan Ismailova for the Minority Rights Group International: While the pandemic has…
fluter. In den 1970er-Jahren wurden in der Sowjetunion so wenige Kinder geboren, dass der Staat ein Berufsverbot für Frauen aussprach. Fortan waren ihnen 456 Berufe untersagt, die als gefährlich „für die reproduktive Gesundheit“ galten. Heißt: Frauen sollten nicht körperlich arbeiten, sondern gebären und erziehen. (Also auch…
Debates Indígenas: The cost of fighting for indigenous people and environmental rights in Russia Coal mining is destroying the forests of Siberia. Contamination of the taiga and rivers is harming the Shor people, who live from hunting, gathering and fishing….
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