29.11.2024
Theme: women’s rights
28.11.2024
ADC Memorial and Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan have prepared a report on violations of the rights of Kyrgyz migrants in Russia ADC Memorial and Bir Duino–Kyrgyzstan report was created on the eve of the UN Universal Periodic Review, which Kyrgyzstan will proceed in 2025. Human rights defenders draw attention to the insufficient state efforts of Kyrgyzstan to protect its citizens abroad and...
25.05.2024
The draft of the new Labour Code of Kyrgyzstan proposes to revise the prohibition of 446 professions for women According to Radio Azattyk, a new draft Labour Code has been submitted to the Jogorku Kenesh (Supreme Council) for consideration, as the existing Labour Code adopted 20 years ago does not respond to modern realities. At the moment, the Labour...
07.03.2024
#AllJobs4AllWomen: How ADC Memorial and its partners successfully advocate for the abolition of women’s labor restrictions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Paris, Brussels, Bishkek, 7 March 2024 Until recently, labor laws in many Eastern European and Central Asian States banned women from hundreds of professions. Since 2017, a number of States have abolished these lists of prohibited occupations; in Russia, Belarus...
20.02.2024
The UN CEDAW recommends Turkmenistan to provide equal opportunities for women in employment Having considered the state report of Turkmenistan at the 87th session, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women gave the country’s authorities important recommendations on many articles of the Convention. A number of them relate to gender...
20.02.2024