Euroasian Jewish News

Marina Konstantinova

Project Kesher Part of Council on Gender Equality

A representative of the International Jewish women's organization Project Kesher, which is part of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, has been included into the Expert Council on Gender Equality of the Russian Federation State Duma Committee on Family, Women, and Children. .
The website of the Russian Federation State Duma presents the results of meetings of the parliamentary Committee on Family, Women, and Children as part of the 2010 spring session. In particular, the decision to include Marina Constantinova, the leader of the "Women's Position in Society" program of Project Kesher, into the Expert Council on Gender Equality.
The activity of Project Kesher on gender equality and rights is one of the most crucial aspects of its work. This is supported by the results of the yearly large-scale event – the 16^th International Women's Seder, which took place in March. The gender rights questions were announced to be the main venue this year for the social work of the over fifty women's groups of Project Kesher.