Regina Kiriutina is a program officer for GCAP Russia and a coordinator for the ECSN BRICSAM Program in the Russian…
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Another Side of Equality: Strangers in a Strange Land
As violence and insecurity continue to cause mass displacement within Syria and across the Middle East region, over 4.39 million Syrians will…
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4th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights
On November 16-18, 2015, Geneva hosted the 4th Annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights. The forum was attended…
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Gender equality becomes a key focus of civil society asks of G20 leaders
A guest blog from Regina Kiriutina, Gender Networker at the Consortium of Women’s Non-governmental Associations in Russia On September 15th-16th,…
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Nations set to reshape the world economy: the BRICS have not very much in common, do they?
The leaders of the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — huddled in Ufa this week for…
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Extreme Inequality and Economic Growth: Russia and BRICS
Recently, the problem of inequality has played an increasing role in the resolution of the improvement of human potential in…
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Addressing gender inequality in the G20
In the Los Cabos Declaration in 2012 the G20 leaders committed to advance women’s equality in all areas, especially in…
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Effectiveness of Prohibition of Gender Discrimination in Labour Relations under the Russian Legislation and in Judicial Practice
Prohibition of discrimination in the sphere of employment and occupation is one of the four fundamental principles of the International…
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Trends in Development of Income Inequality in the BRICS Countries
The problem of income inequality is being discussed particularly sharply during the crisis – the burden of an economic slump…
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HIV Infection As a Factor of Discrimination in Access to Healthcare for Pregnant Women
According to data of AIDS Federal Center [1] 798,866 people with HIV infection, including more than 290 thousand women(36.7%) were…
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