Theme: women’s rights

In late June, at the height of the war, Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention – the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. On the one hand, this makes complete sense: Ukraine hopes to…

Following the consideration of the state report at the 82nd session (June 15-16, 2022), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women addressed a number of important recommendations to Azerbaijan. In particular, the Committee was concerned about the economic…

On June 3, 2022, a meeting of the National Council on Gender Policy under the Council of Ministers of the Republic was held in Minsk. The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection representatives reported on the collaborative work with the…

The Report by Gender Hub Azerbaijan, supported by ADC Memorial, FemACT

Gender Hub Azerbaijan, a social platform that defends women’s rights, has joined the #AllJobs4AllWomen campaign to lift the list of jobs prohibited for women in Azerbaijan. https://twitter.com/GenderHubAz/status/1520795994488774656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1520795994488774656%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fadcmemorial.org%2Fnovosti%2Fgender-hub-azerbaijan-zapustili-kampaniyu-alljobs4allwomen-v-azerbajdzhane%2F The list of professions prohibited for women, which has been in force in…

News of the campaign #AllJobs4AllWomen Kazakhstan: cancellation of the list of prohibited professions and exclusion of discriminatory articles from the Labor Code On October 12, President Tokayev signed the Law “On Amendments and Additions to Several Legal Acts of the…