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The problem of professions prohibited for women and the campaign “All jobs for all women” was discussed on December 2, 2017 during a meeting with Ksenia Sobchak, a candidate in the upcoming Russian presidential elections of 2018. Lawyers Dmitry Bartenev…

On September 15, 2017, the Samara District Court completed its review of the case of Svetlana Medvedeva v. the Samara River Passenger Enterprise. The court found that the internationally-recognized ban on discrimination against women means that women cannot be denied…

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…