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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…

On March 5, 2019 the Abakan city court ruled to release Denis Li, a stateless person, who had been detained for nine months in the regional temporary detention centre for foreign nationals “with the aim of ensuring further expulsion from…

Today a court in Chechnya, Russia, sentenced human rights defender Oyub Titiev to 4 years in prison on trumped-up charges after an unfair trial. Titiev and the human rights NGO for which he was working – Memorial, have long been…

Radio RBE (Radio Beckwith Evangelica – Italian): Questa puntata di Kiosk è dedicata ai “diritti negati da conquistare”, ai femminismi e alla lotta alla discriminazione. In questa puntata, lo facciamo attraverso storie che che partono da est, dall’ampia regione di…

During its 65th session the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN CESCR) has addressed a number of recommendations to the government of Kazakhstan. Considering the country’s compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights…

Profession №456 “Sweeper of chimneys, stoves and flues” stands last in the Russian list of professions prohibited for women. Galina Rozvadovskaya, General Director of “Stolichny Chimney Sweep” LLC, is of the opinion that based on the use of modern equipment…

The campaign All Jobs for All Women, which was launched in 2017, made civil society’s fight against job-related bans for women in former Soviet countries public. The graphic below presents data about the stages of the fight to cancel lists…

In this issue: pluralism of contemporary feminism, “All jobs for all women” campaign news, solidarity in fighting against sexual violence, a report on situation of women human rights defenders, the persecution of a feminist artist from Tajikistan, the story of…

The word гул/gul/gül translates from the Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Azerbaijani, and Kazakh languages as “flower.” For us, the flower is the symbol of wisdom, strength, and spiritual beauty. A flower grows in spite of everything. It overcomes barriers and makes…