| On June 24, YABLOKO and Women’s Social-Democratic Congress
sign partnership agreement at the meeting of YABLOKO’s Bureau.
On behalf of YABLOKO the document was signed by party leader
Sergei Mitrokhin and Chair of the Gender Faction Galina Mikhalyova.
On behalf of the Congress the agreement was signed by its
President Tatyana Chertoritskaya.
Signing of the agreement reflects the policies of the party
towards a coalition of the organisations sharing YABLOKO’s
values. Earlier YABLOKO had already signed such agreements
with the Green Russia and the Elder Generation that joined
YABLOKO and formed their factions within the party.
The agreement is the result of interaction within the Council
for Consolidation of Women’s Movement. YABLOKO is the only
party in Russia which has a gender faction, which together
with Women’s Social-Democratic Congress, is member of the
Council.
Joint efforts of YABLOKO and the Congress will be targeted
at raising the quality of life and labour conditions, improvement
of education and healthcare. The parties to the agreement
consider raising of social status of woman, elimination of
discrimination as of sex and assistance to women entrepreneurs
as their prime task.
Social protection of women can be improved via formation
of the corresponding legislative basis providing for active
participation of women in public life. The steps to these
will be mandatory gender expertise of laws, especially in
labour and social law, promotion of women to the state power
bodies and development of family law so that to provide equal
guarantees to men and women in raising and supporting children.
Tatyana Chertoritskaya expressed her certainty that signing
of agreement with YABLOKO will become a sign for other partners
of Women’s Social-Democratic Congress.
See also:
Women's
Movement
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