During the sessions in February and March 2020, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW) addressed its recommendations to Moldova and asked the authorities of Ukraine and Azerbaijan about measures to ensure equality in…
Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” and “Kyrgyz Indigo” LGBTIQ human rights organization welcome the recommendations on improving the situation of discriminated groups, which were given to Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In the alternative report…
The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR), having considered the report of Ukraine during its 67th session, recommended the country to supplement its anti-discrimination legislation and to adopt measures for improving the situation of vulnerable…
Alternative information by ADC Memorial and Centre for Social and Gender Research (Ukraine) on Ukraine’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in connection with the review of the state report by…
Rustamjon S., a citizen of Tajikistan, was banned from entering the Russian Federation at the end of 2017 for the reason of a minor violation of traffic rules. This decision of the Russian immigration authorities became almost a disaster for…
I engage with feminism on three different levels: academically as a student of the Flemish interuniversitarian master’s degree Gender and Diversity, professionally as an employee at a gender and feminism expertise centre and not in the least, politically as an…
I joined “Elles sans frontiers” ASBL in April 2019, so I’m a fresh Member but I feel that it has already become an important part of my life. I had known ASBL from organizing Women’s Congress in Brussels – a…
Julia Ostrovskaya, Program Director, Center for Social and Labor Rights Programme talks about discrimination against women in the labour sphere, the important role of trade unions and employers in combating gender-based violence in the workplace. How do you feel about the…
The most absurd thing about the ban on certain professional occupations for women is the waste of resources on education and training. I recall the case of Svetlana Medvedeva, who could not receive the position of a navigator/helmsman/motorist in spite…
We publish video footage of the #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign for the abolition of professional prohibitions for women: an overview of restrictions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, interviews with campaign heroines, the results of revision of discriminatory lists.
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