A video report from the Vesti-Moscow television channel
Opening of the conference:
Introductory word by Ms. Galina Mikhalyova,
Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction, Co-Chair of the Council
for Consolidation of Women’s Movement, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Mrs. Kristiina Ojuland, MEP, the ALDE group,
Bureau member of ALDE, co-rapporteur of the European Parliament
on Russia, Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation
Committee of the European Parliament, Estonia
Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, founder of the YABLOKO
party, Professor of the Higher School of Economics, member
of YABLOKO’s Political Committee, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Mr. Sasha Tamm, Director of Representation
of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Moscow
Simultaneous translation into English:
Panel discussion
1. International Experience of Opposing Gender Discrimination:
Comparative Analysis of Efficiency
1.1. A Long Way of Opposing Discrimination: the European and
the Global Experience:
Text
of speech by Ms Angelika Mlinar,
leader of the Liberal Forum, Austria
Mrs. Nursuna Memecan, Vice-Chair of ALDE-PACE,
member of PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women
and Men, Vice Chair of PACE Sub-Committee on Violence against
Women, MP Turkish Parliament, Turkey
Ms. Marina Schuster, Vice-Chair of ALDE-PACE,
member of PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights,
Alternate of the Chair of PACE Committee on Equal Opportunities
for Women and Men, MP Bundestag, Germany
Ms. Marianne Spangenberg-Carlier, Vice President
of the D66 party Female/Male/Human Rights Committee, Member
of International Federation of University Women, the Netherlands
Panel discussion
2. The Goals of Opposing Gender Discrimination: the Russian
Agenda
2.1. Constitutional and Legal Provisions and Practices of
Opposing Gender Discrimination in Russia:
Ms. Irina Rukina, Co-Chair and Coordinator
of the Council for Consolidation of Women’s Movement in Russia,
Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Science, member
of Coordination Council of Anti-Corruption Committee, head
of subdepartment in the International University, Moscow,
Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Ms. Elena Gerasimova, Director of the Centre
for Social and Labour Rights, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Mr. Boris Misnik, Coordinator of the Political
Committee of the YABLOKO party, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Mrs. Irina Kozina, Professor of the Higher
School of Economics, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Disputant
Ms. Olga Popva, Professor, head of subdepartment
in the St.Petersburg State University, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Panel discussion
2.2. Successes and Failures and Top Priority Goals
in Opposing Gender Discrimination in Russia:
Ms. Natalya Pushkaryova, Professor of the
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Chair of the Interregional Public Organisation
“The Russian Association of Researchers of Women’s History”,
member of Executive Committee of the International Federation
for Research in Women’s History
Simultaneous translation into English:
Ms. Tatyana Dorutina, Chair of the Women-Voters
League, St.Petersburg, Russia
Simultaneous translation into English:
Ms. Tatyana Barandova, Coordinator of the
Gender Section of Social Scientists Association, St.Petersburg
Simultaneous translation into English:
Mr. Nikolai Vinnik, head of Demagogy.Ru
web-portal, Russia
