The Gender Faction of Yabloko held a round table on the forms of work in the conditions of a “special operation”
Press Release, 13.03.2022
On 10 March, the Gender Faction of Yabloko held a round table on the new forms of work in the conditions of a “special operation”. Participants and members of the faction, as well as candidate members and supporters of the party took part in the event.
The participants discussed the consequences of the hostilities for women: the loss of husbands, fathers, brothers and sons, an increase in the number of single-parent families, persecution for “discrediting” the army and work with refugees and female political prisoners.
Olga Shtannikova, a member of the faction’s Council and an assistant to a deputy of the Legislative Assembly in St. Petersburg, made a detailed report.
All the participants of the meeting were unanimous in the need to strengthen explanatory work, among the supporters of the “special operation” inclusive. Different points of view were expressed regarding the work with refugees and relatives of the mobilised.
The next round table of the faction will be devoted to the topics that have only been identified – working with the fem-communities and the consequences of the conservative turn for women.
The round table was moderated by Galina Mikhaleva, Chairwoman of the Gender Faction.
Posted: March 14th, 2023 under Gender Faction, Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.