Yabloko launched a new issue of its journal devoted to gender equality
Press Release, 24.08.2023
On 22 August, Yabloko launched the new, 14th issue, of the journal of the Yabloko Gender Faction Znak Ravenstva (Sign of Equality) in the party office in Moscow. Yabloko Chairman Nikolai Rybakov spoke at the event, emphasising the importance of the struggle for gender equality and the work of the Gender Faction in the political agenda of the party.
Galina Mikhaleva, the editor of the journal and Chairwoman of the Gender faction, presented the articles on different issues of gender equlity and her own text on gender resources for sustainable development.
Emilia Slabunova, a member of the Yabloko Federal Political Committee, spoke about the developments after the round table initiated by her on the new National Strategy for Women for 2023-2030, noting the problems of women’s inequality and the lack of a mechanism for their solution: feminisation of poverty, deprivation of older women, hard living conditions, etc., using the examples of Karelia.
The publisher of the journal, Dmitry Sysuyev, noted the difficulties of working with printing houses in modern conditions and the increased censorship pressure.
There was a discussion with the audience of the issues.
Read the current issue of the journal on the Yabloko website.
Posted: August 24th, 2023 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights.