The Russian inter-regional coalition of organisations dealing with the rights of the aged and the Central Asia without Borders network, Agenet, have made a joint submission to the Assembly’s standing committee on social policy and human rights. The letter, which…
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Responsibility of international adoption agencies for the deaths of Russian children in US families?
The press office of the procurator general in the Russian Federation says that he is looking into the question of instituting criminal proceedings in relation to the death of a seven year old who had been adopted by an American…
“Give up Smoking” campaign forces smokers to think about their health
The results have been made available of the above advertising campaign, which was promoted by the Moscow City Public Health Committee and launched in the capital on 19 November 2009, the International Day for Giving up Smoking. ASI bulletin…
How to create a strong civil society?
This was the subject of a round table on ways of promoting civil society in the current Russian reality, which took place at the Institute of City Economics. The chair of the Regional Journalists’ Club suggested that an enormous…
Trainers of disabled sportsmen complain about lack of facilities in Russia
A round table recently took place in Moscow on paralympic sports. The theme was on what was more important – victory for a few or participation by many? Participants invited included members of the Russian Paralympic Committee, the Federation of…
MPs debate the problems facing people with special needs who need legal services
A member of the cross-party group of Duma Deputies concerned with issues affecting disabled people, Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Association of the Blind, Oleg Smolin, said at a round table on the rights of people with disabilities to have…
Golovan shares his vision of establishing a centre for missing children
According to official statistics 12-15,000 children go missing in Russia every year. Representatives of civil society see things differently, suggesting that this figure is very much understated. According to the civil rights movement ‘Soprotivlenie’, the victims in almost half the…
Should we be involved with charities from childhood?
At first glance those who are the objects of help from the charity Lifeline are not in a position to help others; but that is not actually the case. They do in fact get involved in charitable endeavour, said the…
Working group formed on Bill on public oversight of children??‚??s institutions
The first deputy chair of the State Duma (Parliament) Committee on Families’, Women’s and Children’s Issues, Natalya Karpovich, made an announcement about the above at a round table dealing with controlling the way orphanages operate. She also expressed her readiness…
Family placements for children are falling in Russia overall but increasing in Moscow
At a meeting of key personnel in the City of Moscow’s department of youth and family policy, the head of the analytical section of the office of the presidential ombudsman for children’s rights, Galina Semya, announced the statistics for placement…