Moscow, December 1, 2017 /TASS/. Tatyana Moskalkova, the Russian human rights ombudsperson, believes that the list of professions prohibited for women due to the difficult working conditions involved could be revised. Currently, this list includes more than 400 professions. “This…
On March 6, 2018 the European Parliament held hearings “The right to work without gender discrimination: All Jobs for All Women” on the discrimination of women in the employment sphere in Eastern Europe. The video of the Hearing is published…
Press Release Geneva, 17 November 2017 Ukraine must seize the opportunity of a UN-backed review process to unequivocally commit to putting a decisive end to gender discrimination in the employment field by abrogating the list of banned professions for women,…
A group of women workers in transportation and printing sectors has sent an open letter to the Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson Tatyana Moskalkova, calling on her to facilitate abolition of the list of professions banned for women since it discriminated…
The Anti-Discrimination Centre « Memorial » and the Centre for Social and Gender Research attended the pre-session where several Ukrainian NGOs addressed their recommendations to National Permanent missions to the United Nations Office in view of the upcoming 28th Session of the…
Daher dürfen in Russland nur Männer arbeiten, wo es laut und dunkel ist. Doch jetzt hat eine Russin das Recht erkämpft, Kapitänin zu werden – und die Berufsverbote wanken. Von Frank Nienhuysen “Diese Berufsverbote wurzeln in Stereotypen, die Frauen in…
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