Archive for 'Gender Faction'
Yabloko hosts international conference on protecting women’s rights
ALDE Party Press-Release, 3.12.2020 On 24 November, the Gender Faction of Yabloko, ALDE member party in Russia, hosted an international online conference with international participants from ALDE member parties focussing on protecting women’s rights during COVID-19 lockdowns, drawing from experiences across country borders. Chair of the Yabloko party, Nikolai Rybakov, opened the conference and spoke […]
Posted: December 7th, 2020 under Education and Science, Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko Gender Faction hosted international conference “Situation with Protection of Women’s Rights in the situation of COVID lockdowns. International Experience”
Press Release, 27.11.2020 On 24 November, on the threashold of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the launch of this year’s international campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence” Yabloko Gender Faction conducted international on-line conference “Situation with Protection of Women’s Rights in the situation of COVID […]
Posted: November 27th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko will host an online conference “The situation with the protection of women’s rights in the COVID era. International experience”
Press Release, 16.11.2020 On 24 November 24 an international online conference “The situation with the protection of women’s rights in the COVID era. International experience” will be held in Yabloko. The conference is organised by the Gender faction of the Yabloko party. The conference will be held via Zoom and will start at 17:30.
Posted: November 16th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Human Rights, Без рубрики.
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“The goals and objectives of the party in the present conditions”. Online discussion of the Social Democratic and the Gender Faction of Yabloko

Press Release, 6.10.2020 On 8 October, the Social Democratic and the Gender actions of the Yabloko party will hold an online discussion “The goals and objectives of the party in the present conditions”. Boris Misnik, Coordinator of the Federal Political Committee of Yabloko, Maxim Petlin, Bureau member, Anatoly Golov, Chair of the Social Democratic Faction, […]
Posted: October 7th, 2020 under Conferences and Seminars, Gender Faction, Political Parties, Social Democratic faction, YABLOKO Against the Parties of Power, YABLOKO and Other Political Parties.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction will hold an online discussion of feminists of different generations

Press Release, 7.09.2020 On 15 September 15, an online discussion of participants in the Russian feminist movement will be held under the auspices of the Gender faction of the Yabloko party. The event will begin at 19:00. The topics offered for the discussion are as follows: the situation with gender equality and the conservative U-turn […]
Posted: September 7th, 2020 under Gender Faction, Без рубрики.
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On the International Children’s Day the Tatarstan branch of Yabloko held a picket for the adoption of the law on the prevention of domestic violence
Press Release, 1.06.2020 On 1 June, Marcel Akhmadullin, activist of the Yabloko party, held an action in Kazan demanding that Russia adopt a law on the prevention of domestic violence. Marcel Akhmadullin held a series of single pickets in the centre of Kazan, near the shopping centre Koltso. He stood with placards: “No to domestic […]
Posted: June 2nd, 2020 under Freedom of Speech, Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko hosts “Sexist of the Year – 2019” award
Press Release, 3.05.2020 On Tuesday, May 5, the Gender School and the Party University of the Yabloko party will hold a special online presentation of the Runet Award “Sexist of the Year”, established by the For Feminism initiative group. The event will take place at 18:00, MSK.
Posted: May 3rd, 2020 under Gender Faction.
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The Government has supported Yabloko’s programme to fight domestic violence

Press Release, 27.04.2020 The government commission, chaired by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, recommended that regional authorities provide support to victims of domestic violence. To this end, the commission invites the heads of the interior in the regions to ensure institution of criminal proceedings under Article 116.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation […]
Posted: April 28th, 2020 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko proposes a programme of measures to fight domestic violence upsurging during quarantine

Press Release, 23.04.2020 The Yabloko party insists that the government should take immediate measures to prevent the upsurge of domestic violence. Such measures include immediate reaction of the police to reports of violence, provision of a sufficient number of shelters for victims, hotel rooms inclusive, and cancellation of liability for violation of the isolation regime […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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We demand to adopt measures for reduction of domestic violence

Statement by the Yabloko Bureau, 23.04.2020 In the context of the coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation, the number of cases of domestic violence against women, children and the elderly has significantly increased, whereas women are the first to become victims. This applies to all countries, emphasised UN Secretary General António Guterres. In Russia, the situation is […]
Posted: April 23rd, 2020 under Gender Faction, Healthcare, Human Rights, Social Policies.
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Galina Mikhaleva spoke about gender equality at the “Eight Women” film festival
Press Release, 6.03.2020 Galina Mikhaleva, Chairwoman of the Yabloko Party’s Gender Faction, spoke at the round table on gender equality issues with the topic “Socio-Economic Transformation in Russia (1990 – 2020) and the Status of Women”. The round table was held as part of the Sixth International Film Festival “Eight Women” with the support of […]
Posted: March 10th, 2020 under Gender Faction, Без рубрики.
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The Tatarstan branch of Yabloko will hold a round table on domestic violence
Press Release, 29.11.2019 The regional branch of the Yabloko party will hold a round table on prevention of domestic violence in Russia in Kazan on 30 November.
Posted: November 29th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko supported the action demanding the adoption of a law on domestic violence
Press Release, 26.11.2019 On the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, a mass picket was held in Moscow demanding the adoption of the law on domestic violence. Activists of the Yabloko party, including its Gender fraction, took part in the action. Photo: Kirill Goncharov and Galina Mikhaleva
Posted: November 26th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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“Smile and bear it”. The Yabloko branch in Tatarstan organised an action in support of the law on the prevention of domestic violence
Press Release, 25.11.2019 On 25 November, the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, supporters of the Yabloko party held an action in the centre of Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, in support of the law on prevention of domestic violence in Russia.
Posted: November 26th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko’s Gender Faction held a meeting with the Director of the Sisters Centre
Press Release, 14.11.2019 Photo: from left to right Galina Mikhaleva, Nadezhda Zamotayeva and Olga Radayeva On 12 November, Yabloko’s Gender Faction organized a meeting with Nadezhda Zamotayeva, Director of the independent charitable organisation the Sisters Centre. The Centre provides psychological and legal aid to victims of sexual violence and their families.
Posted: November 15th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Yabloko leaders will meet with visitors of the Moscow Book Fair

Press Release, 2.09.2019 The stand of the Yabloko party (R-6) will function at the Moscow International Book Fair which will be held in Pavilion No. 75 of VDNKh exhibition (Exhibition of Economic Achievements) from September 4 through to September 8.
Posted: September 2nd, 2019 under Elections, Gender Faction, History, Human Rights, Moscow City Duma Elections 2019, Regional and Local Elections.
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The Sisters Centre engaged in helping victims of sexual violence turns 25
Press Release, 18.04.2019 Yabloko’s friendly non-governmental organisation the Sisters Centre, which is engaged in helping victims of sexual violence, turned 25 years old. For all these years, the unique Sisters Centre was providing professional psychological and legal support to women in difficult situations and conducted seminars and round tables teaching psychologists and lawyers how to […]
Posted: April 20th, 2019 under Gender Faction.
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The Council of Europe for the first time developed an international legal instrument to fight sexism

Press Release, 3.04.2019 The Gender Faction of the Yabloko party welcomes the recommendation on combatting sexism, which has been just adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. The recommendation notes that states should intensify their fight against sexism in all spheres of life. In response to the recent #MeToo campaign, other […]
Posted: April 3rd, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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Chair of Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva gave a lecture “Fight for Gender Equality as the Task of the Yabloko Party” for St. Petersburg activists
Press Release, 25.03.2019 On 22 March, Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of the Gender Faction of the Yabloko Party, gave a lecture for St.Peterburg activists in the Yabloko office in St. Petersburg. The lecture was devoted to the struggle for gender equality, the history of the Yabloko Gender faction, Yabloko programme provisions for ensuring gender equility, interaction […]
Posted: March 25th, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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The party and the LGBT movement: a problem alliance. Lecture by Igor Kochetkov

Press Release, 31.01.2019 An interesting and important discussion is unfolding in Yabloko about attitudes in Russia towards discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, human rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people, same-sex marriages, etc. However, we can observe that mainly personal views on human sexuality, nature, history, and religion are […]
Posted: January 31st, 2019 under Gender Faction, Human Rights.
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