Theme: women’s rights

Ahead of the review of the state report of Tajikistan by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the 87th session of CEDAW will begin on January 29, 2024), the authorities have lifted a number of professional…

In Azerbaijan, the Decree (dated 20 October 1999) of the Cabinet of Ministers on prohibited professions for people with a female gender marker in their documents was canceled. According to the Decree of 31 May 2023, the list of prohibited…

Statement of Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial the 87th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the UN CEDAW, 30 May 2023 Dear Committee Members, Speaking about discrimination of women in employment, we note the formal abolishment of occupational bans for women in the Labor…

Alternative information on Tajikistan’s implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women for the 87th Pre-Sessional Working Group of the UN CEDAW, 30 May – 2 June 2023

In November 2023, the human rights situation in Russia will be evaluated at the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review, a special UN mechanism. During the prevous cycle of the UPR (2018), Russia was criticized for homophobic legislation and…

Joint Submission of the Anti-Discrimination Center “Memorial”, Russian LGBT Network, DELO LGBT+, and Side by Side International LGBT Film Festival to the Human Rights Council at the 44th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (Fourth cycle, November 2023) Russian Federation….