Theme: women’s rights

Fisker, kaptein, togfører eller feier. Dette er noen av 456 jobber som kvinner ikke får ha i Russland. Read the article

The European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated legal appeal made by the lawyer of ADC “Memorial” Olga Tseitlina on behalf of Zhanna Lakatosz, who had been accused of beating a 1-year-old child, which had led to the baby’s…

ADC Memorial’s legal proceedings (that have lasted for more than 3 years), successfully proved that the practice of listing certain professions prohibited for women in the Russian Federation is discriminatory.  This concerns the 456 professions in 38 fields of work…

Romni in Dzerzhinsk (on the border with the so-called DNR)are trying to make a living by peeling nuts. Girls are helping their mother. Roma families from Dzerzhinsk try to earn their living by gathering nuts in the woods, peeling them…

#SolidarityRomaUkraine   The life of Roma women even in peace-time is full of troubles, like washing, cooking, cleaning, earning the family’s daily bread. The war brought women of Slovyansk into a lot of problems connected to their survival – they…

For the 65th Pre-session of the United Nations Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Anti-discrimination centre Memorial and  Civil Society Institute (Armenia) submitted  а joint list of issues, related to discrimination of vulnerable groups of women, including migrants, LGBTI,…