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Articles with tag "Women"

‘Give Me a Choice’: Activists Urge Russian Doctors to Defend Women’s Right to Abortion

The digital campaign, called Give Me a Choice, calls on doctors to take action against growing abortion restrictions inside the country.
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‘My Homeland Is a Country Within a Country’: Avar Activist Zarema Gasanova

The nurse-turned-Indigenous-activist discusses activism in exile, xenophobia against people from the Caucasus in Russia and Dagestan’s future.
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‘We Are Being Held Without Protection’: North Caucasus Women Decry Dire Conditions in Kurdish-Run Syrian Camps

Wives, sisters and children of ISIS fighters, many of whom hail from Russia's North Caucasus, have been held in detention camps for years.
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Emergency Contraceptives Disappear from Russian Pharmacies – Vyorstka

New Health Ministry regulations have sharply curtailed public access to a range of contraceptive medications.
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Fatima Suleymanova: 'Europeans Have Far More in Common With Chechens Than With Russians'

The activist discusses her advocacy for Chechen independence, her support for Chechen refugees and her fight against misunderstandings about Chechens.
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‘Blacklist’: The Groups Shaming Russian Women Who Marry Soldiers for Money

Women suspected of marrying a soldier for money rather than love can increasingly expect to become a target of widespread vitriol online.
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Exiled Artist and Activist Leda Garina: ‘We Must Stop Believing in the Myth of Greatness’

The founder of the feminist cultural project Eve’s Ribs challenges authoritarianism, patriarchy and war through her work.
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In Russia’s Sakha, a Fallen Conscript’s Family Searches for Justice on the State’s Terms

The case of conscript Aman Malyshev reflects the careful line that military families in Russia must tread when seeking answers from the government.
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‘No One Will Bring My Husband Back’: Russian Military Widows Process Their Loss Through Social Media

After their husbands are killed in combat, military widows turn to social media as an outlet for their emotions and as a source of support.
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‘We Need to Recognize Russia’s Colonial Violence’: Buryat Illustrator Seseg Jigjitova

Jigjitova has emerged as a prominent critic of Russian colonialism and an advocate for the rights of Buryats amid the invasion of Ukraine. 
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Public Pride, Private Torment: The Russian Women Waiting for Men at War

State propaganda glorifies the image of a military wife waiting for her husband at the front. Beneath the surface, these women face a complex reality.
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‘Our Dreams Are Shattered’: Russian Soldiers’ Wives Learn of Infidelity on the Front

For some Russian military wives, their husbands' deployment to Ukraine has led to infidelity — throwing their marriages and their futures into disarray...
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Russian Authorities Glorify Military Wives and Mothers on Women’s Day

Ahead of International Women's Day, events across the country are upholding the image of soldiers' wives and mothers as the feminine ideal.
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Chechen Domestic Violence Survivor Briefly Detained in Kazakhstan, Activists Say

Elza Soltayeva was reportedly taken to a police station in western Kazakhstan after officers demanded she speak with her relatives.
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‘I’m a Real-Life Katyusha’: As Russia Hikes Payments for Soldiers, Their Wives Flaunt Newfound Affluence

Soldiers’ wives and girlfriends are taking to social media to show off their comfortable new lives, often while espousing their pro-Kremlin views.
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Chechnya Opens First Gender-Segregated Pharmacy

The new pharmacy in Grozny is the first of 15 locations that will soon open across the Chechen capital.
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Battling Fear and Indifference, Exiled Chechen Women Protest Kadyrov

An all-women protest aimed to spotlight Kadyrov's “fight against defenseless women” and cases of women kidnapped or imprisoned in the North Caucasus...
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‘Our Work Remains Crucial’: Tanya Lokshina of HRW on Defending Human Rights in Russia

The prominent Russian human rights activist, journalist and researcher oversees investigations and advocacy on human rights issues in Russia, Belarus and...
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‘Soviet-Minded Men Rule Everything in Russia’: Journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze

The TV Rain presenter speaks about her career, women in Russian propaganda and how she helped start Russia's #MeToo moment.
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Ex-State TV Reporter Zhanna Agalakova: 'We All Bear Some Degree of Responsibility'

Zhanna Agalakova made international headlines by resigning from her position in protest of the invasion of Ukraine and telling Russians “to switch the...
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