19.09.2018
Theme: women’s rights
17.09.2018
First results of the ALL JOBS FOR ALL WOMEN campaign in Russia: Russian Ministry of Labor partially abolished job prohibitions for women Over the last several years Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” has been campaigning to abolish the lists of professions prohibited for women in all countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia #AllJobs4AllWomen. As a result of this campaign at the end of...
24.07.2018
UN CEDAW urged Turkmen authorities to ensure women’s labor rights Following the consideration of the 5th state report of Turkmenistan on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has adopted...
14.07.2018
Viasna: Picks of the Week – discrimination of women in employment 181 professions are on the government’s list of jobs that still can’t be occupied by women, a research by Her Rights initiative said. Women cannot work as rescue divers, carpenters, intercity bus drivers, or tanners. Such lists are still in...
08.06.2018
New video of AllJobs4AllWomen: female mine worker from Ukraine Anti-Discrimination Centre “Memorial” presents a new video, whose heroine is a female mineworker Alla Latner from Ukraine. She stands for the abolition of the prohibition of underground work for women and for the need to preserve protective measures and improve...
08.06.2018