On Friday, September 3 at 13:00, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center at the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center will hold a press conference on the topic: Crimean Women – Victims of the Occupation, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
After the occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, hundreds of activists were persecuted for their civic stance. At first, there were only men. However, the Russian authorities did not stop and began to restrict the rights of the female half of the peninsula's population.
Speakers:
Zarema Bariieva – CTRC manager
Liudmyla Korotkykh – CTRC manager
Tetiana Podvorniak – CTRC Communications Manager
Hulnara Abdullaieva – historian
Emine Avamileva – lawyer
The following questions will be discussed:
1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Political Rights of Women.
2. Women in the national Crimean Tatar movement.
3. Repressions against women in the occupied Crimea.
4. Persecution of women lawyers in Crimea.
The broadcast of the event will also be available via the Crimean Tatar Resource Center Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/
Contacts: [email protected], 067 343 7454