Theme: women’s rights

OSCE General Secretary Helga Schmid said in an interview with Die Welt that after the start of the war between Russia and Ukraine, the number of cases of human trafficking in Europe has increased dramatically. The risk of Ukrainian women…

Last week, draft law No. 251841-8 “On recognizing article 253 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation as invalid” was submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. It is this article – “Ensuring the protection of women’s…

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its 83rd session issued recommendations to Ukraine and Armenia, which should be implemented during the next reporting period. The Committee’s important recommendations to Ukraine relate to the issues raised…

In late June, at the height of the war, Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention – the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. On the one hand, this makes complete sense: Ukraine hopes to…

Following the consideration of the state report at the 82nd session (June 15-16, 2022), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women addressed a number of important recommendations to Azerbaijan. In particular, the Committee was concerned about the economic…

On June 3, 2022, a meeting of the National Council on Gender Policy under the Council of Ministers of the Republic was held in Minsk. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection representatives reported on the collaborative work with the…