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Overview of the Feminist Movement in Contemporary Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Elena Zdravomyslova
Elena Zdravomyslova*
Affiliation:
European University, St. Petersburg
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Feminist groups in Russia are rather recent initiatives. Most of them were organized in the very end of the cycle of mass protest mobilization in the end of 1989 - beginning of 1990s. 1990 is a starting point for Russian feminism. Moscow is an unquestionable center of Russian feminism. There are also feminist groups in St. Petersburg, Tver, Naberezhnye Chelny, Myrny, Petroskoi and other cities of Russia - industrial and educational centres. Some of these groups constitute the network of consortium, which is coordinated by the American feminist foundations. Several groups are supported by Frauenanstiftung of Germany. In 1990 first Forum of Women initiatives was held in Dubna; in 1992 - second Forum took place. Women initiatives publish their newsletters and magazines, circulating on the Federal level of the network.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 49 , Issue 194 , June 2002 , pp. 35 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © ICPHS 2002

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