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“I didn’t say yes”: countering sexual violence in Russia
I didn’t say yes”: A project against sexual violence has appeared online 18.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website The project focuses on various types of sexual violence, active consent and rules around safe sex. The women’s self-help network “You are not alone” has launched a new initiative “I didn’t say …
Russia: proposal to standardise work of women’s crisis centres
A Russian State Duma Committee proposes standardising the work of women’s crisis centres 17.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website The State Duma’s Family Affairs Committee is working on a federal law on the work of women’s crisis shelters for those who find themselves in difficult life situations. It will return to …
Migrants to be taught standards of social behaviour in Russia
Migrants to be taught standards of social behaviour in Russia, says Kommersant 15.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website Migrants will be obliged to take a course in which they will be made aware of Russian legislation and rules of social behaviour in Russian society. The Federal Agency for Ethnic Affairs …
Russia: hotline for emergency psychological help for children and parents
A short hotline number for providing emergency psychological help for children and their parents to be created in Russia 12.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website At a meeting of the Coordination Council for the Decade of Childhood held on 12 July, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced that work would …
Lithuania gives 1m euros to rebuild hospital in Ukraine
Lithuania to provide one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild a hospital badly damaged by Russian airstrikes 10.07.2024 Article published on the Ivt.it website The Lithuanian Government has allocated one million Euros to Ukraine to rebuild the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv which was badly damaged by Russian shelling. “We have …
Healthcare reform and increased life expectancy in Kazakhstan
Life expectancy rates in Kazakhstan now exceed 75 years of age 10.07.2024 Article published on the centralasia.news website On 9 July, the Head of State’s press service reported that Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was given a report by his Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova on the current work of the department and plans …
Russia: Telegram channel set up for prevention of orphanhood
The Russian Federation’s Children’s Commissioner has set up a Telegram channel that will focus on the prevention of orphanhood 10.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website The channel will feature news, expert opinion, analysis and the results of an All-Russian audit of orphanhood in Russia. Maria Lvova-Belova, the Federation’s Children’s Rights …
New additions to Russia’s list of ‘foreign agents’
A lawyer, journalists and municipal deputies: The Ministry of Justice has updated its list of foreign agents 08.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website Ryazan Memorial and the Russian Research Centre for Human Rights have been removed from the register as a result of their dissolution. On 5 July, the journalists …
Russia: the culture of volunteering comes from within the family
The culture of volunteering comes from within the family, says research 08.07.2024 Article posted on the ASI website Family happiness, love and children are of paramount importance for 54% of those who took part in a survey conducted by the Centre for Civil Society and Non-Profit Sector of the National Research University …
Russia: problems with submission of reports by ‘foreign agents’
Legal entities and individuals classed as foreign agents still unable to submit reports online 08.07.2024 Article published on the ASI website A Ministry of Justice Order on the procedure and deadlines for posting reports online came into force in 2022, with the reporting platform meant to be operational last year. Under …
