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Women in Russia are banned from a total of 456 jobs considered dangerous to their health. However Russian President Vladimir Putin says the distinction between men’s and women’s work is an outdated cliché. Watch video

The report Gender Discrimination – Jobs Banned for Women was presented during public hearing at the European Parliament on the discrimination of women in the employment sphere in Eastern Europe and countries of Central Asia. Issued within the campaign of…

The report analyses the «lists of jobs banned for women», discriminative by laws inherited from the Soviet legislation and acting in many countries of former USSR. Issued within the campaign of ADC Memorial #allJobs4allWomen

On February 13, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) made its ruling in the case of “Mskhiladze v. Russia” (No. 47741/16 ), in which it found violations of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security of…

Tuesday 6 March 2018 – 16:00-18:00 European Parliament – Room A5G315 The right to work has no Gender:  All Jobs for All Women   Moderator: MEP Clare MOODY, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Delegation to the EU-Armenia and…

“Russian Railways” proposed to abolish the list of “unfeminine” professions, the company’s representative is quoted as saying in a recent publication of the corporate newspaper “Gudok”. Piotr Potapov, head of the department for labor protection, industrial safety and environmental control…

Dawniej, gdy miałam okazję pisać o sztuce jako formie protestu, o ARTiwistach i ich akcjach, o prawie do wolności wypowiedzi oraz prawie do krytyki, zaznaczałam na wstępie, że oceniać wartości artystycznej perfmormanc’ów nie zamierzam. Zadaniem krytyków sztuki współczesnej jest jej…

In the past, when I had to write about various art protests, artivists and their actions, their right to speak out and criticize, I usually started by saying that I was not trying to estimate the artistic value of a…

According to the list of occupations prohibited for women adopted by the Russian government, women in Russia are not allowed to be directly engaged in extinguishing fires. This professional activity is indicated in the list of professions prohibited for women…

For the 19th Session of the UN CRPD, on the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ADC “Memorial” submitted an alternative report focused on the  violations of Article 24 “Education”. Russian laws and practice…