GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION OF CIS COUNTRIES: INSTITUTIONAL AND ETHNOCULTURAL FACTORS
SDG 5SDG 10
21 November, 12:00-16:00
Hall 1
Session
As part of the session on gender equality (SDG 5), we will try to understand the legacy of Soviet emancipation, examine the traditional values and mentality, cultural and national characteristics of the CIS countries. We will also analyse integration and migration processes. In the current changing conditions of the world order, it is important to understand how the CIS horizontal ties with the BRICS, SCO, and other public associations are formed, and what role women and girls play in the social institutions of the CIS countries in addressing topical issues of sustainable development.
Equality between men and women was enshrined in the USSR after the revolution of 1917. By the time the CIS was created in 1991, certain gender order had become established in the former republics of the Soviet Union. Gender equality was enshrined in normative and legal documents: women were granted the right to work, access to education, and participation in socio-political activities. However, the Soviet gender model also exhibited several latent signs of social, national and religiously coloured inequality in the republics that manifested in their subsequent development as independent states.
Figures and Facts
The CIS Charter based on international law proclaims “ensuring human rights and fundamental freedoms” to be one of its main goals (Articles 2, 3.4), establishes the Human Rights Commission as a supervisory body to supervise their observance (Article 33), and guarantees the absence of discrimination.
The 1995 Convention of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms states in its preamble that discrimination based on gender is unacceptable, and provides specific guarantees for equal pay, the protection of marriage, family and motherhood (Articles 2, 9, 13, 14).
Although the Convention was not signed by all the CIS member countries, the constitutions of the newly formed states either directly guarantee the equality between men and women or proclaim the inadmissibility of discrimination based on gender.
Alongside this, the movement to return to traditional values gained momentum in the 1990s and 2000s, particularly among religious associations. A clear gap emerged between de facto and de jure.
What results can we see in the CIS countries today?
1. In the gender equality ranking according to the Global Gender Gap Index 2021, Moldova and Belarus (28th and 30th places) are in the lead among the CIS countries in the world ranking of 156 countries. They are followed by Kazakhstan and Russia (80th and 81st places), Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia (100th, 108th and 114th places). Tajikistan (125th) is at the bottom of the list: www.weforum.org.
2. In 2024, the CIS countries took the following places in the world ranking of 146 countries based on the metrics of the same index (Russia was excluded from 2022): Moldova is in the lead (13th place) followed by Belarus (55th), Armenia (64th), Kazakhstan (76th), Kyrgyzstan (90th), Azerbaijan (103rd), Uzbekistan (108th) and Tajikistan (112th): www.weforum.org.
Discussion Issues
Family policy of the CIS countries: gender analysis.
Right to work and equal pay in the CIS countries: problems and solutions.
Women in education and science: specifics of the CIS countries.
Political systems of the CIS countries and gender equality.
Inclusion and reduction of inequality in the CIS countries: similarities and differences.
Gender equality concept in the modern media discourse of the CIS countries.
Migration processes in the CIS countries: gender and socio-demographic factors.
Programme
Welcoming Address of the Session Moderators
Sholpan Zharkynbekova (Kazakhstan)
Full Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Natalia Erokhova (Russia)
Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, Deputy Director for Research, Institute of Foreign Languages, RUDN University
Topic of the report
Gender Equality in Universities: How Kazakhstani Education is Responding to New Social Demands
Sholpan Zharkynbekova (Kazakhstan)
Full Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Zazira Agabekova (Kazakhstan)
Associate Professor, Department of Kazakh Language and Turkic Studies, Nazarbayev University
Topic of the report
Gender Equality in Armenian Society: Historical Facts, Current Situation, and Prospects
Lilit Mesropyan (Armenia)
Adviser, Expert Centre of the Republic of Armenia (Yerevan); Founder of the MESROPYAN Linguistic Centre LLC (Yerevan); Associate Professor, Member of the Association of Linguists of the South of Russia; Director, Lingvosudexpert Centre for Forensic Linguistic Examinations and Humanitarian Applied Research Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization (Russia)
Topic of the report
Gender Equality as a Factor in Sustainable Development: Philosophical and Humanitarian Aspects (Using The Example of New Uzbekistan)
Gulnoza Sultanova (Uzbekistan)
Professor, Department of Philosophy and National Ideas, Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University
Topic of the report
Under approval
Zamira Derbisheva (Kyrgyzstan)
Full Professor, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University; Coordinator of the Public Expert Council on Education and Science under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic; Member of the Council for Science and Innovation under the Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic
Topic of the report
Under approval
Marina Karpitskaya (Belarus)
Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management, Professor of the Department of Finance and Accounting, Associate Professor, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Chair of the Belarusian Women's Union, Expert at the Belarusian Foundation for Fundamental Research BelISA
Topic of the report
Under approval
Alla Kirilina (Russia)
Full Professor, Deputy Head, Department of the Perpetuation of the Memory of Those Killed in Defense of the Fatherland Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Russia)
Topic of the report
Gender Issues in the Analysis of Party Politics in CIS Countries
Natalya Velikaya (Russia)
Chief Research Fellow, Institute for Social and Political Studies, Federal Research Center for Social and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences
Topic of the report
Gender Equality in Folklore (Based On Examples From Uzbek and Russian Folklore)
Dilbar Urinbaeva (Uzbekistan)
Professor, Department of Uzbek Linguistics, Institute of Culture and Languages of the Peoples of Central Asia, Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University
Topic of the report
Gender Values of German and Belarusian Politicians
Dmitry Kireev (Belarus)
postgraduate student at the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, Institute of Foreign Languages, Russian University of People's Friendship
Topic of the report
Frames and Gender: Linguistic-Cognitive Modeling of Victimhood Images in Contemporary Media Space (Based on Russian and Kazakh Media Materials)
Zhanna Ospanova (Kazakhstan)
postgraduate student at the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, Institute of Foreign Languages, Russian University of People's Friendship
Topic of the report
Linguistic and Pragmatic Features of the Functioning of Linguistic Means of Image Creation in the Marketing Environment (in Russian, Kazakh, and English Linguistic Systems)
Aisha Titobaeva (Russia)
postgraduate student at the Department of Theory and Practice of Foreign Languages, Institute of Foreign Languages, Russian University of People's Friendship
Topic of the report
Psychological Support for Mothers Raising Children with Disabilities (Using Cerebral Palsy as an Example)
Shakhnoza Yunoszoda (Uzbekistan)
degree applicant for the Department of Pedagogy and General Psychology, Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University
