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!”.

Liberal International, 3 March 2014 In the face of numerous institutional obstruction, LI full member, Yabloko, has held a round-table discussion on LGBT rights with participants from civil society, political, and religious groups. The outcome of the meeting saw the successful establishment of a contact group for the victims of anti-LGBT violence.

Press Release, January 30, 2014 Today activists from YABLOKO’s Gender Faction held a meeting with representatives of the Women’s Organisation of the Swedish People’s Party of Finland – Carola Sundquist, Chair, and Tatyana Ljungqvist, Vice Chair – at the Moscow office of the YABLOKO party. The topic of discussion was the women’s movement in Finland. […]

Press Release, December 17, 2013 Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee Galina Mikhaleva was re-elected Chair of YABLOKO’s Gender faction at YABLOKO’s Federal Council on December 15. Galina Slautina and YABLOKO International Secretary Olga Radayeva were elected Deputy Chairs.

Press Release, December 11, 2013 The presentation of the collection of articles called “The solutions are in our hands: successful women’s initiatives and campaign” took place in Moscow on December 9. The collection became a result of the international conference “Women’s role in writing a gender agenda for the 21st century” conducted in Moscow on […]

Press Release, December 2, 2013 Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee, Chair of YABLOKO Gender faction, co-Chair of Council on Consolidation of Women’s Movement, Doctor of Political Sciences Galina Mikhaleva made a report on “The implementation of Article 19 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in present conditions” at a seminar in Vologda.

Press Release, November 28, 2013 On November 28 YABLOKO Gender faction conducted pickets against violence to women within the campaign “16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence” under the aegis of the United Nations.

Press Release, September 27, 2013 September 25 a round table discussion on reproductive rights, health and quality of life of women on the threashold of the International Contraception Day took place at the Central House of Journalists in Moscow. YABLOKO Gender Faction participated in the round table. The event was organised by the “Women Journalists” […]

By Dr. Galina Mikhaleva Special for YABLOKO’s web-site The famous slogan “Democracy minus a woman is not a democracy” can be paraphrased as follows: the greater is the deficit of democracy in a country, the greater is discrimination of women in all spheres of life.

Press Release, June 14, 2013 On June 11, YABLOKO’s Gender faction held a round table on “Women’s rights and opportunities. European experience and Russia’s problems” with Caecilia van Peski, representative of the Dutch Democratic party D66.

Press Release, photographs, May 24, 2013 Yesterday, on May 23, two meetings with Mrs Flo Clucas, Adviser to the Mayor of Liverpool on EU funding programmes, UK, were held in YABLOKO’s office. In the first meeting Mrs Clucas met with members and activists of YABLOKO’s Gender Faction, and in the second meeting she spoke to […]