05-07-2002
League of women voters of Kaliningrad region
On the 29th of June 2002 regional social organization "League of women voters of Kaliningrad region" conducted seminar "Gender approach to solving of social problems" in Chernyakhovsk in the frames of the project "Gender expertise of the regional legislation". more on Russian: http://www.owl.ru/content/news/vestnik/p47525.shtml
Social Association "Informational Center for Country Youth" (Almaty Oblast, Karasai Region, Kaskelen) is informing social organizations about its activities.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on women's family and youth issues Alexander Barannikov (SPS fraction) thinkss that prostitutes should pay taxes. According to the police data, as A.Barannikov pointed, more than 15 000 girls are busy in the sphere of prostitution in Moscow and Moscow Region only, daily turnover makes an average of half a million US$, and yearly turnover - 182 million US$.
This summer women escaped from brothels and dens of other countries will get a possibility to rest and take a deep breath in a special shelter apartment in St-Petersburg. It will be the first shelter of this type in Russia.