Training seminar within the project of the Institute of Comparative
Analysis of Labour Relations “Women on the Labour Market”
was held in Cherepovyetz, Vologda Region. The seminar was
organised by Ludmila Ivanova, Chair of the Vologda branch
of the YABLOKO party. The programme is supported by the Council
for Consolidation of Women’s Movement in Russia.
The participants of the seminar (28 people in total) including
representatives of independent trade unions, teachers, journalists
and activists of Russian parties (YABLOKO, the CPRF and Just
Russia) learned about the situation with gender discrimination
on the labour market.
Olga Savinskaya, expert and professor of the Higher School
of Economics, taught the activists to analyse the advertisements
in papers and detect elements of gender discrimination there,
as well as compare labour costs of men and women in the housework
and pay attention to manifestations of discrimination in funny
stories.
Galina Mikhalyova, Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction, told
about the prospects of women’s movement in Russia and informed
the audience of the tasks and goals of the project: creation
of a network of volunteers for raising awareness in the society
and creation of the system protecting women on the labour
market.
The seminar joined together the participants from Vologda,
Cherepovetz, the Unstyuzhinsk and the Cherenovetsky districts
of the region, six participants were men.
After the seminar many participants noted that they had never
realized before how strong gender discrimination and stereotypes
were in daily life.
See also:
Women’s
Movement
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