YABLOKO’s Gender faction to conduct a rally “Women against war!”
Announcement, 04.03.2014
YABLOKO’s Gender faction together with a number of women’s groups will conduct an annual rally in support of women’s rights on March 8. Due to the current situation in Ukraine this year the rally will be conducted under the slogan “Women against war!”.
The participants of the rally will also come out against discrimination against women in all the areas of society in Russia from little representation of women in governmental bodies and the wage gap between men and women to widespread sexism and violence against women.
Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction Galina Mikhaleva and representatives of the initiative group “For feminism”, public movement “Civil initiative”, human rights organisation “For human rights” will make speeches at the rally.
The authorized rally will take place at Krasnopresnenskaya Zastava Square, by the monument to the Heroes of Revolution of 1905-1907, Moscow, 14:00.
Such actions will also be conducted in the other cities of Russia – Voronezh, Arkhangelsk, the Leningrad region, Krasnoyarsk, the Ivanovo region, Kabardino Balkariya.
Posted: March 3rd, 2014 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.