At the international conference ‘Challenges and Values of the Modern World: Women’s Dialogue’ held in Moscow by the Raisa Maksimovna Club, a debate broke out over the situation facing women in Russia’s government. The club, created by Raisa Gorbachev…
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NGOs call for continuing work to prevent HIV in socially vulnerable groups
A consortium of NGOs has set up a fund for social development and health promotion called ‘Focus Media’. These are The Public Health Institute, the Social Development and Information Centre, the Vostok-Zapad (East-West) AIDS Fund, and AIDS Infosvyaz (Infolink) .…
“Not for Sale” project highlights problems of violence against children
This project is the brainchild of the Spanish artist, Alicia Fremis and the Taiwanese artist Maikl Lin. The aim is to draw attention to the problems of violence, exploitation and sale of children through the medium of art. The…
2010 start of national campaign against violence towards children
Marina Gordeeva the chair of the board of the Children’s Aid Foundation, which aims to help children in difficulty, made the above announcement at a national conference on applied sociology. The theme of the conference was ‘the…
Favourable Financial Climate to be Created for NGO Work in Russia
First deputy head of the presidential administration Vladislav Surkov is in charge of a working party that has prepared amendments to the relevant legislation. According to ‘Vedomosti’ (a newspaper) legislative reform is to proceed in three stages. President…
45 Percent of Budget for Presidential NGO Grants to be Allocated to Assist Victims of the Financial
ASI was told of the above by Maria Slobodskaya, chair of the committee of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation that deals with the development of civil society, at a press conference held on the premises of…
Campaign Against Violence Towards Children
A round table has taken place with the object of developing a strategy for protecting children from cruelty. Prime Minister Putin charged the Children’s Support Foundation with heading up the campaign during a session of the…
Russian society needs to help end violence towards children
A round table entitled ‘Current questions connected with the prevention of violence and cruelty towards children. Innovative approaches to the rehabilitation of children who have suffered from neglect and violence’ took place in Moscow, organised by the Association of Commissioners…
A Golovan appointed Children’s Rights Ombudsman in the Office of the President
A Golovan appointed Children’s Rights Ombudsman in the Office of the President According to the Kremlin website, Dmitry Medvedev has created the above post and appointed to it Mr Alex Golovan, formerly the children’s rights ombudsman in…
Moscow’s “Turmalin” Centre for Social Rehabilitation and Treatment to close
According to its Director, Rudolf Grigoryan, the Alekseevsky Centre has been ordered by the municipality to leave its premises by 1 September. The building is to be refurbished, after which there will be a competitive tender for the use…