Diving work still features among the jobs prohibited for women in Russia even in the new, shortened list of industries, jobs and occupations prohibited for them, which will come into effect starting 2021. Since her childhood, the heroine of this…
The new list of banned professions for women lifts restrictions in transportation and other spheres, but leaves over 320 of the 456 bans on the existing list in place. ADC Memorial and the campaign #allJobs4AllWomen welcome the first successes for…
During its 126th session, the UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) formulated a list of questions to assess the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by Uzbekistan. Members of the UN HRC requested to report on…
The United Nations’ Committee on Human Rights Committee (HRC) has examined the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the Republic of Tajikistan during its 126th session. The Committee’s experts pointed out the negative consequences of…
The main Belgian newspaper De Morgen writes about the results of the campaign of ADC Memorial #alljobs4allwomen and calls them the “exceptional victory for the Russian women’s rights movement.” The newspaper interviews Svetlana Medvedeva who, in cooperation with ADC Memorial,…
On June 18, 2019 the Russian Ministry of Labor sent a document to the Tripartite Commission for the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations, which is coordinated by Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova. The updated list of professions contains…
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