During last week 5th anniversary was celebrated by Belgorod regional department of Russian social organization "Confederation of Russian business women".

The public listenings of law project "About state social ordering of Novgorod area" were held on October 27 in "Women's parlament" (Veliki Novgorod).

In Tula was held round table "About cooperation of executive bodies of Tula area, local self-management and social organizations on preventive maintenance and counteraction to domestic violence". The main attention during the round table was given to questions of revealing of domestic violence in relation to minor and to do what one can to help.

Some messages from Tula, Vyborg, Barnaul and St.-Petersburg

The list of the winners of National competition of press "Equal rights and opportunities", initiated by Russian women's union, International labour organization, Ministry of labour and social development of RF and Canadian agency SIDA.

The "presidential" corrections in Criminal Code of RF "will force law enforcement bodies to reveal the real drugs dealers.

Experts-advisers of NGO "Norwegian folk help" will spend two weeks in Murmansk. The purpose of their trip to study organization of activities on counteraction to domestic violence concerning women and, in the long term to think over variants of possible cooperation with our NGOs in this direction.

The conference "Woman of the city: rights, reality and perspectives" will be held in 30 November, 2003 and will be devoted to Mother's Day and 30 anniversary of women's movement. Women from Arkhangelsk from all spheres of activity: education, culture, public health services, business and mass-media will take part in this event

The meeting of regional Council of women has passed on 5th November in the center of social protection of the population. In this meeting took part the chairman of Women's Union of Russia V. Fedulova and her assistant G. Galkina. New chairman of regional Council of women A. Zemkyanskaya was represented during the meeting

November 6th American delegation plans to meet with social workers of Chukotka to tell them about the program "Women's initiatives in the society. Women's centres activities".

October 30th in Salekhard the members of women's NGOs of Yamal took part in the conference on organization of Association of women's social organizations YaNAO. The leaders of women's movement from adjacent regions participated in the forum.

In Tyumen area will pass IV regional competition "Woman - director of year". The organizers of competition: Tyumen regional social organization "Women's initiative" under support of administration of Tyumen area.

October 28th, 2003 in the exhibition hall of a State literary museum in Moscow was held presentation of the book "Women-prisoners of ALZhIR" (Akmolinski camp of wives of traitors of motherland), organized by an International community "Memorial" and Henrih Boell Foundation

Information about results of meeting of the Commission VKP on working women.

The program "Women of St.-Petersburg in the Russian history and culture" is joint project of the International charitable fund of D. Likhachev (St.-Petersburg) and Fund "Institute social and gender policy" (Moscow). The program includes development of 10 thematic excursions and publishing of the book "Women's St. Petersburg: 10 excursions in the city".