Integrated approach to the problem of equality between men and women (Gender Mainstreaming)

7 - 14 September 2002 the 13th International summer school on human rights took place in Poland. School was organized by Helsinki Committee in Poland and Helsinki Fund for Human rights.

Altai regional social organization "Young journalists of Altai" published the leaflet titled "Your right". Leaflet includes extracts of frequently asked questions from the column "Your right" of the youth Internet newspaper "Territory".

Activists of the movement for civil freedoms and equal rights criticized sharply the law that is forcing women to tell about their sexual life in municipal newspapers.

Commander-in-chief of Chili Naval Forces said that in the next year women get a possibility to serve in the naval forces as medical officers and judges.

The Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov thinks that it is possible that women will serve for the fixed period in the Russian army along with men.

Seminar has been organized on the threshold of additional elections to the City Duma and Regional Deputies' Council to assist women going to power institutions and to increase the level of political education.

Feminists of the Don area put forward their own version of improvement of investment climate in the Rostov region. They suggest subjecting the legislation of Rostov region to the gender examination.

"Bringing up their own Thatchers, Handis and Bhuttos is not the true intention of men in the post-Soviet space - nobody wants competition".

On June 25, 1993 representatives of 171 countries accepted in consensus Vienna Declarations and Program of activities of the World Conference on Human Rights, successfully concluding lasted for two weeks World Conference and rendering to the international community the general plan of strengthening activities in the field of human rights globally.

Opened to signing and ratification by the resolution 640 (VII) of the General Assembly dated December 20, 1952. Coming into force: July 7, 1954 according to the article VI.