ADC Memorial supports the campaign #Genderequality and publishes an animated mini-film “You are not alone” opposing domestic violence as a form of gender discrimination. Women are the most vulnerable and unprotected in the countries that have no laws against domestic…
Theme: women’s rights
ADC Memorial joins the campaign #GenderEquality launched yesterday on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence and discrimination affect persons of different genders: there is also Transgender Day of Remembrance in November, when we commemorate victims…
In the present submission Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial provides information on the situation of ethnic minorities in Kazakhstan, the situation of vulnerable groups – women, children and migrants – during COVID-19 pandemic, and wide-spread homophobia and lack of protection by state….
Experts speak out about the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the situation of women in Azerbaijan
During the 77th session of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), international experts were asked to assess the situation in Azerbaijan and make their recommendations to the country’s authorities. In their joint statement, the human…
Irina Kostevich, Belarusian Minister of Labor and Social Protection, has announced the government’s plans to abolish the list of professional occupations prohibited for women, which currently includes 181 professional occupations and 42 spheres of work. In her opinion, modern technologies…
The Power of Equality
“Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya was the first woman to be elected president in Eastern Europe.” This is what I hope I will soon read on Wikipedia. But, more importantly, I would like to read that the “women’s protests” changed Belarusian society and…