Science, Gender, Sexuality. The „Uncensored“ Conference Report On May 18-19 in Moscow took place the second research-to-practice conference "Uncensored" on sexuality and intimacy for specialists. By Alena Zhogol
Russian faux family values: Domestic violence decriminalized in Russia Russia is known as a country with a high level of domestic violence. There is no official statistics available, while NGOs concerned with this issue face serious challenges. And now, the Russian legal system has de facto removed an essential protective barrier between assailant and his prey. By Irina Kosterina
Overcoming Gender Backlash This is a publication of materials presented by gender researchers and activists at the Second International Gender Workshop Overcoming Gender Backlash: Experiences of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Poland, organized and hosted by Heinrich Boell Foundation office in Kyiv in October 2013.
The situation of women in Russia - An introduction. Gender roles and gender statuses of women were often changed in the past 100 years in Russia. But they all formed and form the present's image. How this image looks like describes the report of the Moscow office of the Heinrich-Böll Foundation. By Irina Kosterina
Activists from the initiative group For Feminism (Moscow) A portrait of the women's NGO "For Feminism" from Moscow. The patriarchal model, problems and methods of resolution of the NGO. By Natasha Bitten, Yelena Maksimova and Vera Akulova
Only socialism will guarantee true equality for women The ideas of the women's movement in the Soviet Union of the 20th century keep on living but they aren't implemented yet in the Russian Federation. A survey of "Putin's Russia" and an appeal by the member in parliament of the communist party By Nina Ostanina
Patriarchal renaissance in Russia - Interview with Olga Zdravomyslova How has the image of women developed and which impacts has it had in postsocialism? Does the term "patriarchal renaissance" fit to describe the current developement? - The Executive Director of the Gorbachev Foundation in a interview. By Olga Zdravomyslova
About gender censorship and the term feminism in Russia - Interview with Olga Voronina Olga Voronina, Director of the Moscow Center for Gender Studies, about gender censorship, the negative image of feminism, the historical roots of feminism and about human rights and mass media in today's Russia. By Olga Voronina
Equality and quotas in Russia - Interview with Irina Tartakovskaya How has gender equality been in the Soviet Union? Which role have quotas played and in which relationship has the Soviet Union been to feminism? - These and further questions answers the sociologist By Irina Tartakovskaya
The women's movement in today's Russia - Interview with Nadezhda Shvedova The head of the Centre for Social and Political Studies, Institute for USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about stengths and weaknesses of the women's movement in Russia and about political participation. By Nadezhda Shvedova
