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Moderator:<\/em><\/p>\n MEP Clare MOODY<\/strong>, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Delegation to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee, Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly<\/p>\n Presentations by:<\/em><\/p>\n Svitlana Voitsekhovska<\/strong>, Member of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Assembly, contributed to the removal of the list in her country.<\/p>\n Svetlana Medvedeva<\/strong>, Russian maritime professional, who was unable to obtain a working place as an apprentice, as helmperson-motorist on board ships was ruled a profession \u201cdangerous for women.<\/p>\n Stefania Kulaeva<\/strong>, Executive director of ADC Memorial that launched the campaign #ALL-JOBS4ALL-WOMEN<\/a><\/p>\n The Anti-discrimination Centre \u201cMemorial\u201d (ADC \u201cMemorial\u201d) and MEP Clare MOODY invite to a public hearing on the discrimination of women in the employment sphere in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n In Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and all countries of Central Asia, women are banned by law from hundreds of professions, including prestigious and high-paying ones. The list of professions banned for women is a relic of the Soviet era. This open discrimination against women in the working world is explained as \u201cconcern for reproductive health.\u201d.<\/p>\n In Armenia and Georgia, the articles about the list of banned professions were excluded from Labour Codes, but the women\u2019s right to work remains restricted.<\/p>\n