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Sample CaucAsia Articles
UKRAINE - Oksana
Raichinets
"In January, the Supreme Rada of Ukraine rejected
the draft amendments providing equal rights and opportunities to women and men
in the elections process. Some male politicians explained this fact as saying
that the male parliament is afraid of competition with female
politicians."
Interview with Oksana Belozir, elected member of
the Supreme Rada, Deputy Head of Pro-Presidential Our Ukraine Faction,
Ex-Minister of Culture, and the main lobby of gender issues in
Ukraine:
"The Ukraine Parliament rejected those amendments
that could increase the number of women in the elections lists. This has
demonstrated once again the rigidity of our politicians, their indolence and
incomprehension of the problem. Ukraine presently begins to realize the
tragedies that appear because of the imbalance of men's and women's roles. Among
them is mass labor migration where women are the majority of migrants
(80%.
Today the level of women's representation in
Ukraine remains very low. According to the results of parliamentary elections
2006, only 8.2% of women got to the Supreme Rada.
Nevertheless, the year 2006 turned out to be quite
significant. The Law on Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men came
into force. With the adoption of this law, many Ukranian politicians who did not
even want to hear about 'gender issues' previously, had to realize the
importance of this law's implementation."
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TURKMENISTAN - Alina
Shapovalova
"Domestic violence in Turkmenistan is generally
explained by a combination of circumstances. As a girl is given in marriage and
her parents get the bride-money, she becomes the property of her husband and his
family. When trying to protect yourself, a girl or woman is unable to
consider the support of her parents' family. In 9 cases out of 10, she will be
forced to go back to her husband. Police are unwilling to investigate the
domestic violence cases, and social centers or domestic violence centers could
play an important role; but there may be no such organizations in
Turkmenistan."
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