On
November 12-14 Civil Women’s Forum was held in Moscow within
the framework of the 1st International Women’s Festival “Femme
Fest”. The Forum was organised by the Council for Consolidation
of Women’s Movement in Russia.
The Council offered to the public – representatives of non-profit
organisations and state power bodies, journalists, academics
and activists from different Russia’s regions – Women’s Post-Partisan
Platform setting forth a number of specific demands connected
with provision of representation of women in the bodies of
power of all the levels, possibility to control adoption of
political decisions via participation in the councils of power
bodies, as well as a socially oriented federal budget.
The Forum also discussed the problems of combining family
and carrier, traditional and new form of marriage and financial
stability of families.
An open meeting of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women
and Children held within the framework of the Forum discussed
legal problems and draft laws in the field of protection of
family and children.
All the speakers stated growing discrimination of women in
political, economic and social spheres and extraordinary situation
connected with state guarantees for training and education
of children and family support. The same assessment is also
given in the Concluding Notes of the United Nations Committee
on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for 2010,
which was presented by the UN Committee to the participants
of the meeting.
YABLOKO’s position was presented by Galina Mikhalyova, Co-Chair
of the Council for Consolidation, head of YABLOKO’s Gender
faction, and Boris Misnik, Coordinator of YABLOKO’s Political
Committee.
Boris Misnik told that gender equality became an integral
part of YABLOKO’s programme and
party’s life.
Photo: Boris Misnik
“The world mainstream is demonstrating increase of the number
of women at the key posts in all the public spheres, and especially
in politics, on one hand, and rising importance of family
roles for men, on the other hand. Russia demonstrates that
is has been moving against the mainstream here,” Galina Mikhalyova
stressed in her speech.
Photo: Galina Mikhalyova
See also:
Women’s
Movement
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