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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Yabloko condemns harassment and discrimination of citizens on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity Statement, 15.01.2019 Since late December 2018, persecution of LGBT people has resumed in the Chechen Republic. According to the Russian LGBT Network, about 40 people were detained, two of whom died of torture. For the first time, information about […]

Press release, 12.12.2018 Chair of Yabloko Gender Faction Galina Mikhaleva participated in the All-Russia Civil Forum 2018. She took part in the discussion dedicated to the problems of domestics violence, labour discrimination and sexual harassment.

Press release, 19.11.2018 On 19th November, Yabloko Gender Faction representatives (Galina Mikhaleva, Nikolai Kavkazsky and Irina Zabelina) participated in a round table on gender equality organised by the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation.

Press release, 1.11.2018 Yabloko activists in Bashkortostan decided to resume the work of the Gender Faction in the republic. The design was made during a party meeting on 30 October.