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Articles with tag "Women"
WOMEN'S DAY
Moscow Metro Hires First Women Train Drivers
The trains were historically operated by men because the work was listed on the government's register of jobs deemed harmful to women's health.
expanding registry
Russia Adds Women's Rights NGO to 'Foreign Agents' List
Nasiliyu.net, which assists domestic violence victims, linked the move to its support for re-criminalizing domestic violence.
POLITICAL PROFILE
A Feminist Pro-Kremlin Lawmaker Who Supports LGBT Rights
Oksana Pushkina tells The Moscow Times her views aren’t oppositional — they’re just common sense.
traditional mindset
Russians’ Gender Attitudes Among World’s Most Conservative: Poll
Russians were more likely to agree that the existence of transgender people is offensive, women shouldn’t work and other conservative beliefs.
equality gap
Pay Russian Housewives For Domestic Work, United Russia Deputy Says
Men who take care of the home while their wives go to work should also be paid, Oksana Pushkina said.
100 women
Russian Lawmaker, LGBT Activist Named Among World’s Most Influential Women
The BBC's 100 Women 2020 list aims to highlight women who act as leaders of change.
Demographic policy
Putin Orders Government to Improve Abortion Prevention Efforts
Putin’s order was made public days after a court ruling in Poland resulted in a near-total ban on the procedure there.
tenuous consent
Years of ‘Stone Age’ Forced Sterilizations Claimed at Russian Institution
One former resident at the boarding house died after undergoing the surgical procedure.
'high-risk' group
Moscow Recommends Coronavirus Self-Isolation for Pregnant Women
The latest recommendations come as Moscow confirmed 1,560 new Covid-19 cases for the first time in three months.
rain check
Moscow Police Disrupt Vulva Documentary Screening in Support of LGBT Activist
Around 20 officers reportedly arrived at the screening on an anonymous tip-off of “homosexual propaganda.”
SEA CHANGE
A Wave of Sexual Harassment Claims Is Rocking Russia’s Independent Media
Novaya Gazeta has blazed a trail by instituting a sexual harassment policy after taking internal accusations of misconduct seriously.
logical leap
Russian Priest Compares IVF to Nazi Experiments
Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, once named "Sexist of the Year" by feminists, called IVF a “dangerous and sinful game.”
'Female Solidarity'
In Belarus, 3 Women Unite to Fight Strongman Lukashenko
Belarus' president, who is running for re-election Aug. 9, has insisted the country is not ready for a woman president.
women's health
Russia Violates Women’s Rights During Childbirth Amid Coronavirus – Report
Experts criticized the “alarming pattern of women's health and rights being deprioritized during the crisis.”
Russian #metoo
Russian Opposition Media Editor Quits Amid Wave of Harassment Claims
The claims are the latest in a string of harassment scandals at some of Russia's main liberal media outlets.
backtracked position
Russian Prosecutors Uphold Khachaturyan Sisters’ Murder Charges
Prosecutors previously ordered to drop the murder charges against the sisters, who killed their abusive father.
VAGINA MONOLOGUES
Russian Women Rally Behind Feminist ‘Political Prisoner’
Yulia Tsvetkova’s pornography case for body-positive drawings is sparking resistance across the country and beyond.
'prisoner of conscience'
LGBT Activist Charged With Pornography for Body-Positive Vagina Drawings
Yulia Tsvetkova faces up to six years in jail for the images on her social media page dedicated to body positivity.
bride-for-sale
Kadyrov Donates Millions to Help Chechen Grooms ‘Buy’ 200 Brides
Each groom would each receive $635 to get married according to traditional Islamic practices.
calling for action
Russian Activists Urge Probe Over Young Girl's Genital Cutting
Activists say that the practice is rife in the conservative majority-Muslim Northern Caucasus.
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