Moscow, December 1, 2017 /TASS/. Tatyana Moskalkova, the Russian human rights ombudsperson, believes that the list of professions prohibited for women due to the difficult working conditions involved could be revised. Currently, this list includes more than 400 professions. “This…
On March 6, 2018 the European Parliament held hearings “The right to work without gender discrimination: All Jobs for All Women” on the discrimination of women in the employment sphere in Eastern Europe. The video of the Hearing is published…
Press Release Geneva, 17 November 2017 Ukraine must seize the opportunity of a UN-backed review process to unequivocally commit to putting a decisive end to gender discrimination in the employment field by abrogating the list of banned professions for women,…
A group of women workers in transportation and printing sectors has sent an open letter to the Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson Tatyana Moskalkova, calling on her to facilitate abolition of the list of professions banned for women since it discriminated…
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There are three main objections to statements of concern about women’s reproduction: 1. There is no scientific evidence of harm to women’s health for virtually any of these “banned types of activities” why is installation on the ground not harmful,…
The goal of the campaign All Jobs for All Women is to achieve the cancellation of lists of types of jobs and professions banned to women in all Eastern European and Central Asian countries Women must be granted equal access…
Lists of professions banned for women are a relic of the Soviet era. Overt discrimination of women in the workplace is attributed to concern about their “reproductive health.” Laws in Belarus, Russia, and Tajikistan still ban women from hundreds of…
The Alternative Report prepared by ADC Memorial with the participation of the International Centre for Civil Initiatives «Our House» on the Implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination by the Republic of Belarus….
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