Theme: women’s rights

March 8 is the day of working women’s rights, a fact frequently forgotten in former Soviet countries, where the fight for worker’s rights and equality between men and women has been supplanted by flowers, gifts, and treats for “dear ladies.”…

Press relies of ADC Memorial and Centre for Social and Gender Research (Kiev) Brussels-Kiev The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has published concluding observations on Ukraine after considering the 8th report of Ukraine. The Committee…

During the meeting of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (UN CEDAW), the head of the official Ukrainian delegation Natalia Fedorovich, chairman of the department of family, gender policy and combating human trafficking of the Ministry…

The complicated situation in the country caused by political changes, aggression from neighboring Russia, subsequent military actions, the economic crisis, and social problems have impacted the situation of women, particularly women from vulnerable groups. Many of them continue to face…

The alternative report “Ukrainian Women: Caught Between New Challenges and Long-Standing Discrimination,” which was prepared by ADC Memorial with support from the Centre for Social and Gender Research (Kyiv), was submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of all…

Si se consagra el cambio legal, Rusia será el país con la legislación más laxa de Europa en la materia. Y toma esta deriva pese al toque de atención de la ONU, que en varias ocasiones ha urgido a las…