Theme: women’s rights

On 20 January, 2018 young volunteer leaders of the Human Rights Movement “Bir Duino-Kyrgyzstan” will conduct a peaceful march to support protection of women’s rights in Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of this event is a vivid demonstration of disagreement of young…

Starting 2018 various state prohibitions either came into effect or, on the contrary, were abolished in different countries. For example, according to a report by Alternative News of Turkmenistan website, this country have forbidden women to drive cars: “Traffic police…

Specially for the campaign #AllJobs4allWomen a woman, who had been fired from a printing shop following the change of sex and the change of information on sex in her passport from “male” to “female”, told her story of discrimination. Her…

The Ukrainian Health Ministry has abolished its order #256 banning women from being employed in 450 professions which were considered damaging to women’s health, Ukrainian MP Iryna Suslova wrote on her fb page. Suslova was one of the politicians engaged…

The Dzerzhinsky district court of St. Petersburg, after considering the legal appeal made by a lawyer who cooperated with ADC “Memorial”, on behalf of Mrs. U., an Uzbek citizen, ruled on November 22, 2017 to release her from the temporary…

The problem of professions prohibited for women and the campaign “All jobs for all women” was discussed on December 2, 2017 during a meeting with Ksenia Sobchak, a candidate in the upcoming Russian presidential elections of 2018. Lawyers Dmitry Bartenev…