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“Norma” legal website informed that starting May 1, 2019 prohibitions on hiring women in certain industries and occupations have been lifted in Uzbekistan (see Art. 225 of the Labor Code of Uzbekistan and the list of professions). Instead of the…

RT: The list of jobs women in Russia are banned from doing will see an almost a six-fold reduction, with the ladies now getting a chance to pilot planes, drive trains and handle heavy construction machinery. “Labor conditions at many…

On April 16, 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) published its concluding remarks and recommendations following consideration of the 2nd periodic report of Tajikistan at…

Migrant workers have always been a convenient instrument of manipulation. When society is in an uproar, particularly after a crime has been committed by a foreigner, officials take their cue from nationalists and assign collective responsibility to all migrants without…

Sky News: This week, after a two-year legal battle, a court in St Petersburg ordered the Janoshka printworks to give Ms Vasilyeva her job back and to pay her 1.85 million roubles (£22,000) in lost income and 10,000 roubles (£120)…

On 8 April, the international day of the rights of Roma representatives are included in this minority 80 ethnic groups celebrate their national holiday. On this day in the Studio RFI came Stefania Kulaeva, head of the anti-discrimination centre “memorial”,…

East Journal: by Laura Luciani Dopo anni passati a studiare da ufficiale di rotta, con l’obiettivo finale di diventare capitano, nel 2012 Svetlana Medvedeva, abitante della città di Samara, aveva trovato il lavoro dei suoi sogni: una compagnia di navigazione…

Ando Intǝrnacyonal’no rromano des ADC «Memorialo» laśard’a ǝ istorija le patrecǝnca «Ǝ Al’ona» pal rromane glati kaj gǝle te uinpe. Kad’a syai istorija paj diskriminacyja ande škola kaj ame mišto źanas savorrǝ. Ǝ Al’ona, lako phral o Šabano aj lakǝ…

To mark International Romani Day, ADC Memorial is publishing the graphic story “Alyona,” which describes what happened when children from a tabor went to school. This story about discrimination in a school is based on actual events recounted to us…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW) believes that the Kazakhstan authorities should take measures to reduce the list of professions prohibited for women before granting them full access to all professional occupations. The members…