The most absurd thing about the ban on certain professional occupations for women is the waste of resources on education and training. I recall the case of Svetlana Medvedeva, who could not receive the position of a navigator/helmsman/motorist in spite…
We publish video footage of the #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign for the abolition of professional prohibitions for women: an overview of restrictions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, interviews with campaign heroines, the results of revision of discriminatory lists.
Last July, the International Labor Organization adopted the convention “Concerning the Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work.” Experts called this one of the major international events of the year in the sphere of work, since the…
In March 2017 ADC Memorial launched the campaign #AllJobs4AllWomen against restrictions on professions for women in Eastern European and Central Asian countries. At that time, gender-related bans on employment affected hundreds of jobs, including prestigious and high-paying jobs, in 10…
In this issue: summing up the results of the #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign: cancellation of legal professional bans on women’s work in the three countries; partial reduction of the list in Russia and Kazakhstan; interviews with shipbuilding women workers; reflections on domestic…
The issue topic: women’s rights Results of the #allJobs4AllWomen Campaign UN CESCR drew Azerbaijan’s attention to gender equality in the implementation of socio-economic rights Ukrainian expert comments on questions of the UN Human Rights Committee addressed to the government of…
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