Press release, 12.06.2015 Today the activist of YABLOKO Gender faction and the representatives of the Sisters Centre, a welfare NGO that provides support to sexual violence victims, brought more than 43 500 signatures for preservation of the centre to the Social Security Department.

YABLOKO Buereau statement, 02.06.2015 The marriage of 17-year-old Kheda Goylabiyeva and Chechen police chief Nazhud Guchigov under support of Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Chechnya, is a dangerous precedent of a come-back to traditional practices which are contrary to the Consitution principals. It is a case of obvious underage forced marriage, possibly as a second wife. […]

Press Release, 29.05.2015 On Thursday, May 28, YABLOKO Gender faction held a meeting with Commander Christine de Saint Genois de Grand Breucq, France, Doctor of law and human rights activist, civil aviation pilot, who became one of the world’s first women aircraft commanders.

Press release, 29.05.2015 On May 27, a discussion on “The practices of underage forced marriage: the role of journalists, mass media and civil society in the straggle for children and women’s rights observance” took place in the Central House of Journalists (DomZhur), Moscow. The meeting was moderated by Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Secretary of the Journalists Union, […]

Press release, 12.03.2015 Yegor Kholmogorov, publicist and co-Chair of the Conservative press-club, won the top prize of the Sexist of the Year-2014 award. He was determined by online voting. The awarding ceremony took place in the House of Journalists (Dom Zhurnalista) in Moscow on March 11. The event was organized by For Feminism initiative group […]

Press Release, 10.03.2015 Dr.Prof. Galina Mikhaleva, Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender Faction, made a report on the situation with  women and women entrepreneurs in Russia at the ALDE-GEN conference conducted in Barcelona on the eve of 8 March.

Press release, 10.03.2015 On Wednesday, March 11, the fifth ceremony of the Sexist of the Year – 2014 award will take place in the House of Journalists (Dom Zhurnalista) in Moscow. The event will be held with the support of YABLOKO’s Gender Faction.

Press releases, photos, video, 8.03.2015 On 8 March, International Women’s Day, the YABLOKO party held a rally in the centre of Moscow in defence of women’s rights in Russia. The rally was held under the slogan: “Women to Power!”, “The Ability to Give Birth Is Not an Excuse to Oppress!” and “For Equal Rights of […]

Announcement, 05.03.2015 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.

Press Release, 04.02.2015 On February 3 YABLOKO Gender faction held a meeting where its participants discussed the 8th Progress Report of the Russian Federation on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Announcement, 29.01. 2015 A meeting organized by YABLOKO Gender Faction within YABLOKO’s Gender Club will take place in YABLOKO’s Moscow office on 3rd February. The participants will discuss the 8th Progress Report of the Russian Federation on Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Press Release, 25.11.2014 On November 25 YABLOKO Gender faction conducted picketing against violence to women within the campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” under the aegis of the United Nations.

Press release 14.11.2014 YABLOKO Gender faction and For feminism movement conducted a round table on the status of women in the regions of Russia.

Press release, 31.10.2014 The initiative group For feminism and YABLOKO Gender faction conducted a round table on October 31.

Press release , 16.04.2014 Gender Faction has begun its work in the North Ossetian branch of the YABLOKO party. Elona Playeva, lawyer, was elected Chair of the regional branch of the faction and Janna Tarkhanova, journalist, and Luisa Mamukati, environmentalist, were elected Vice Chairs of the regional branch of the faction.

Vysota, 09.03.2014 Chair of the Volgograd branch of YABLOKO Galina Boldyreva hit the top 10 as the bravest woman politician. On the International Women’s Day the journalists of a news agency remembered the women who distinguished themselves by unusual actions. Not only well-known politicians of Volgograd but ordinary women also entered the list.

Press Release, 08.03.2014 YABLOKO’s Gender faction and a number of public organisations conducted a rally for protection of women’s rights in Russia. This time the annual rally was held under the slogan “Women against war” in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The participants of the action came out not only for equal rights for […]

Press Release, 11.03.2014 On the International Women’s Day, 8 March, YABLOKO held a picket under the slogan “Peace and happiness to all women” in the Vlevolzhsk city, the Leningrad region. YABLOKO activists distributed leaflets and spoke about women’s rights.

Press Release, 06.03.2014 A famous Russian journalist Dmitry Kiselyov [he is best known as a promoter of the Kremlin’s policies, denigrator of the West] became winner of the Sexist of the Year 2013 award in the category “Sexism in Mass Media” following the results of online voting. The award was founded by the initiative group […]

Announcement, 04.03.2014 On Wednesday, March 5, awarding ceremony Sexist of the Year 2013 will be held in YABLOKO’s office, Moscow. The event will be held with support of YABLOKO’s Gender Faction.