On March 15-16, 2016 international conference “Problems of LGBT and European Integration” took place in Kyiv. Experts of the Anti-Discrimination Center “Memorial” and Center for Civil Liberties held a joint presentation of their report “Analysis of LGBTI issues in the…
Lydia, a Romani woman from Dzerzinsk (Donetsk region) tells how she tried to hide from artillery fire with 9 grandchildren in a cold, wet and dirty shelter. The conditions were so bad that people could hardly stand them. Meanwhile, nearby…
ADC Memorial’s legal proceedings (that have lasted for more than 3 years), successfully proved that the practice of listing certain professions prohibited for women in the Russian Federation is discriminatory. This concerns the 456 professions in 38 fields of work…
In towns like Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and Dzerzhinsk, the shelter sometimes was the one and only hope to survive. Unfortunately, shelters proved not to be for everybody : in some places there simply was a lack of space , in others…
#SolidarityRomaUkraine Romni in Dzerzhinsk (on the border with the so-called DNR)are trying to make a living by peeling nuts. Girls are helping their mother. Roma families from Dzerzhinsk try to earn their living by gathering nuts in the woods, peeling…
Romni in Dzerzhinsk (on the border with the so-called DNR)are trying to make a living by peeling nuts. Girls are helping their mother. Roma families from Dzerzhinsk try to earn their living by gathering nuts in the woods, peeling them…
ADC Memorial starts the campaign of solidarity with Roma of Donbass who had suffered from the war and pogroms, who now live in destroyed houses and face lack of resourses, who are not safe, who don’t know what could happen…
#SolidarityRomaUkraine The life of Roma women even in peace-time is full of troubles, like washing, cooking, cleaning, earning the family’s daily bread. The war brought women of Slovyansk into a lot of problems connected to their survival – they…
Joint press release FIDH and Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) (Paris) On March 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of the annexed Crimean Republic will consider banning Mejlis, the highest representative body of the Crimean Tatar community, accused of “extremist…
For the 65th Pre-session of the United Nations Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Anti-discrimination centre Memorial and Civil Society Institute (Armenia) submitted а joint list of issues, related to discrimination of vulnerable groups of women, including migrants, LGBTI,…
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