20 important events of the past month in Russia and the world
EVERYDAY WE HAVE A GREAT NUMBER OF NEWS, in the flow of which is easy to get lost and miss important. Therefore, every month we remember the most significant events of the past 30 days, which have affected life in Russia and other countries. Today we tell what people, events and initiatives have changed our world in October.
"Yulmart" explained the new advertising campaign "benevolent sexism"
A vigorous discussion of the new promotion on the website of the Yulmart online store was launched on Facebook: on the page called "Women's Logic", visitors are offered to guess what a woman would buy with a certain product. Representatives of the company said, "in no case do not engage in discrimination." Later, the authors of the action added that they operate with "the concept of benevolent sexism, that is, the idealization of women as clean, fragile and in need of male protection."
Konstantin Raikin opposes censorship in art
The speech of Konstantin Raikin, the director of the Satirikon Theater, caused a great resonance. He called on artists and directors to show "guild solidarity" and oppose "raids on art" - and in particular "fighters for morality" who are trying to interfere in the work of artists and limit their right to self-expression. Raikin was supported by director Andrei Zvyagintsev, who entered into polemics with Dmitry Peskov about the "state order" in art, as well as the head of the Theater of Nations Yevgeny Mironov.
55% of Russians spoke out against banning baby boxes
According to a report published on the website of the Foundation for Public Opinion, the majority of Russians have a positive attitude towards the “windows of life”. Of all the respondents (there were one and a half thousand), 55% were against the ban on baby boxes. At the same time, 57% of respondents believe that the development of the new system will not lead to the effect that Elena Mizulina and other opponents of innovation are talking about. According to the majority of respondents, from the appearance of baby boxes, women will not be more likely to leave their children - on the contrary, babies will have more chances to survive.
Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences demanded to deprive of Medina degree
24 members and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences demanded that the Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky be deprived of a scientific degree - scientists called Medinsky's dissertation, devoted to the problems of objectivity in covering Russian history, pseudoscientific. Also, the academicians demanded the resignation of the leaders of the Higher Attestation Commission, which withdrew the case of deprivation of a degree from the dissertation council of the Ural Federal University. "The goal of science is the search for truth, and attempts to replace it with myths, no matter what considerations do this, undermine the foundations of the scientific world view," said the authors of the appeal.
The best countries for the lives of girls recognized Sweden and Finland
For the International Day for Girls, which is celebrated on October 11, the charity organization Save the Children has published a report on the rights of women around the world and a ranking of countries in terms of the quality of life of girls. In compiling it, parameters such as the number of child marriages and teenage pregnancies, access to education, women's representation in politics, and mortality among women in labor were taken into account.
A total of 144 states got into the rating (unfortunately, the compilers did not have data on Russia). The first lines were occupied by the Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Finland and Norway. Also in the top ten places with the most favorable conditions for the lives of girls were the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Slovenia, Portugal, Switzerland and Italy. The worst for girls is in Niger, Chad and the Central African Republic.
Tim & Tim refused to sell a new variety of ice cream to women
In the kiosk of the Moscow network Tim & Tim has a new variety of ice cream called "Fckn Kraken", which is positioned as "ice cream for real men" and is not sold to women. A company representative commented on the situation like this: “We specifically limited the sale of this taste so that men would have something of their own that belonged only to them. My wish for girls: do not take this situation with selling only men too seriously. Leave men at least something And if you really want to try, many girls already know how to do it. "
Ministry of Labor has developed a strategy of action for women
The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, at the request of the President, developed the National Action Strategy for Women, which will be implemented in 2017-2022. The main objectives of the strategy are to increase the number of women in government and to alleviate penal legislation. During the discussion, representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences suggested including gender issues in the educational standard - this would allow lectures on feminism and the fundamentals of gender theory in schools.
Militants "Boko Haram" released 21 abducted Nigerian schoolgirl
Militants from the terrorist group Boko Haram released 21 girls from schoolgirls abducted two years ago in the Nigerian city of Chibok. Now all the released hostages are reunited with their families. According to officials, this is the first step to ensure that all the surviving prisoners return home: the terrorists said that some died as a result of government airstrikes.
The magazine "Around the World" sued for an article on homeopathy
The organization "National Council for Homeopathy" sued the magazine "Around the World" because of an article by Asya Kazantseva about homeopathy, which was published in February. "Homeopathy, of course, helps, and there is nothing wrong with using it. The main thing is not to treat homeopathy with any serious illness," Kazantseva wrote, saying that such remedies do not work better than placebo. "The National Council on Homeopathy" demanded to place a refutation of the article by Kazantsev with the heading "On homeopathy seriously: the 21st century of information technology, integrative medicine and homeopathy" on seven pages.
In St. Petersburg, an action "Chipollino" in defense of the right to abortion
On October 27, an action in defense of the right to abortion called “Chipollino” took place in St. Petersburg: women walked the streets offering onions to passers-by and recommended it as a folk remedy for abortion that can be used in case of abortion prohibition. "To this day, on the periphery, a bow inserted into the vagina is used as a means of getting rid of unwanted pregnancy, along with knitting needles or wire. To this day, 46% of illegal abortions lead to serious health complications for women, including death," participants said stock
First-place IKEA competition in Russia was occupied by same-sex couples
Online voting for the best cover of the catalog on the IKEA website ended in victory for a photo of a gay couple from St. Petersburg - the picture gained more than 6 thousand likes. The second place also went to the same-sex couple - in the picture, which collected 2,054 votes, LGBT activist Anna Panteleeva with her partner and son were captured. Also, the top three winners included the work of a very large family from Yekaterinburg. Previously, another same-sex couple was leading the competition - however, the photo was withdrawn from the competition at the request of the authors, who explained that they were not in a relationship, but they decided to take a "family" picture for a joke.
Russia ranked 75th in the gender equality ranking
Russia, like last year, took the 75th place in the gender equality ranking presented at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. In assessing the situation of men and women in each country, the “gender gap” index is used, an indicator that takes into account the rights and the role of women and men in business, politics and various spheres of public life. The "gender gap" index in Russia was 0.691, which means that inequality between men and women in our country has been overcome by 69.1%. Iceland ranked first with a rate of 87.4%, Finland and Norway ranked second and third.
Rallies against the "law on slaps" were held in several Russian cities
In Kirov, Samara, Irkutsk, Astrakhan, Orenburg, Volgograd and other cities of Russia, actions were held against opponents of the “slapping law” - Federal Law No. 323, which was adopted this summer. According to members of the organization Parental All-Russian Resistance, which organized rallies, the new law destroys the family, forbidding parents to use "traditional" methods of raising children - including spanking and cuffs. Activists of the organization call the law “a part of a massive destructive attack on Russian families” and demand that the innovation be canceled or amendments be made to allow parents to freely use “educational punishments”.
In Argentina, there were mass protests after the death of the raped girl
On October 19, mass protest demonstrations took place in Buenos Aires and other cities of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Chile: thousands of women and their sympathizers left their jobs and took to the streets to express their anger over the brutal rape and murder of 16-year-old girl Lucia Perez . The protest actions were named #MiercolesNegro - “Black Wednesday” (by analogy with “Black Monday”, which was recently held in Poland). Demonstration participants dressed in black as a sign of mourning for Lucia Perez and hundreds of other women: according to human rights activists, one Argentinian dies every 36 hours as a result of domestic violence.
Icelanders held a traditional strike against unequal wages
October 24 in Iceland took place "Women's holiday": in the afternoon, thousands of women left their jobs and took to the streets, demanding equal pay with men. The first "Women's holiday" was held in 1975: then the difference in earnings was 40%. On that day, women left their jobs and refused to do household chores until the government took action against discrimination. Today, Iceland ranks first in the equal pay index, but women do not plan to stop until discrimination disappears altogether.
Law student HSE complained of discrimination
The first-year students of the Faculty of Law of the NRU HSE branch in St. Petersburg, Varvara Mikhailova, provoked a strong reaction from Facebook users. The girl said that on the first day of class, her course manager announced that only the man could become the head of the group. The student tried to find out how this “tradition” of the faculty appeared, and turned to the course manager after classes, asking him to confirm in writing that the girl’s candidacy was rejected on a gender basis. The dean of the faculty said that the student should "smile more" and "treat people adequately."
70% of Russians were in favor of curbing the flow of migrants
"Levada Center" published the results of a new public opinion poll, designed to identify the level of xenophobia and intolerance among Russians. According to the results, 70% of Russians support restricting the residence of people of other nationalities in Russia. 14% of respondents said they fully support the slogan "Russia for Russians", another 38% partially agree with him, believing that the idea of nationalists could be implemented "within reasonable limits." 20% of respondents called the slogan fascist.
Rose McGowan said she was raped by a famous producer.
Actress Rose McGowan first told that she was raped by a famous Hollywood producer (she did not name her). So McGowan took part in the action #WhyWomenDontReport - under this tag women who survived the violence explain why they didn’t go to the police or why their attempts were unsuccessful. McGowan wrote that she didn’t bring the case to court, because she was immediately made to understand that it was useless: a lawyer said that an actress who had once acted in a bed scene would never be able to prove that she had been raped.
On Reddit, a stormy discussion about coercion to conceive
The user under the nickname Eyeburr52 said that her husband is persistently trying to conceive a child, although she herself is not yet ready for motherhood. According to the woman, she told her husband that she would not like to give birth in the next one and a half years because of financial problems and career plans, but the man refuses to protect herself and more often than usual, she initiates sex. Most commentators have supported Eyeburr52, stating that her husband’s behavior is a manifestation of sexual abuse.
Ben Stiller first talked about his battle with cancer.
On the Howard Stern Program, Ben Stiller said that two years ago he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. After the speech, the actor published an essay "Prostate cancer test that saved my life," in which he called all middle-aged men to take a PSA test (prostate specific antigen test) - the only analysis that can be used to detect asymptomatic prostate cancer.
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