Nurseries may be opened in universities and colleges for young mothers and their children 15.05.2019 In order to support young mothers who receive education, the Ministry of Labor is considering the possibility of organising nurseries in Russian educational…
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Orphans should have preferential access to vocational education in Russia.
Anna Kuznetsova suggests reintroducing benefits to orphans for admission to schools 14.05.2019 The Presidential Ombudsman for Children’s Rights has sent a proposal to the State Duma to reintroduce benefits for orphans when they enter secondary vocational education institutions.…
Fines for not employing disabled people may backfire
Fines for not employing disabled people can worsen their employment prospects 14.05.2019 The Ministry of Labour has proposed to levy compensation from employers for their non-employment of people with disabilities. The pilot project will be implemented in five…
Central Asia: Tackling obesity in the junk food generation
Kazakhstan: Tackling obesity among generation junk food Kazakhstan’s poorer neighbours are feeling the weight of this problem too. Joanna Lillis, May 10 2019 An ice cream stand in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Fifteen-year-old Grisha Starchenko is worried that his classmates might be addicts. It…
Medvedev plans to simplify rules on disability status
Dmitry Medvedev announces plans to simplify rules governing disability status 08.05.2019 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will sign a resolution to change rules surrounding the registration of disability in Russia. ‘As discussed at a meeting with representatives of organisations for people…
A quarter of HIV-positive Russians are unaware of their status
A quarter of people registered as HIV-positive unaware of their status 08.05.2019 According to statistics published jointly by the Federal Service for the Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) and the Federal Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology,…
Grants for social entrepreneurs in Russia’s single-industry towns
Grants for small and medium-sized social entrepreneurs in single-industry towns 07.05.2019 The Ministry of Economic Development has produced a new version of the order on subsidies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Russia’s regions. The revision offers a new…
How NGOs can support unpopular causes
How NGOs can promote unpopular topics 29.04.2019 Participants of the ASI – Blagosfera media club discussed how to attract donations for issues that are usually avoided. Who isn’t helped According to the Centre for Studies of Civil Society and the…
Almost 11 million Russians support crowdfunding projects
Almost 11 million Russians support crowdfunding projects 29.04.2019 Yandex.Kassa has produced an analysis of the audience of online charitable and crowdfunding platforms. According to the data of the analysis from Yandex.Kassa and Data Insight, almost 11 million people in Russia…
Moscow conference on the sharing economy
To have, to share and to give: The meaning of a sharing economy and those it serves 24.04.2019 On 23 April, the first international conference on collaborative consumption, or the sharing economy, took place in Moscow. Under this…