WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:

General Women, Peace and Security: 2/17

Conflict Prevention: 3/17

Disarmament: 1/17

Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 5/17

Participation: 1/17

Peace Processes: 3/17

Peacekeeping: 2/17

Protection: 3/17

Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/17

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 0/17

Implementation: 5/17

Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 2/17

Human Rights: 2/17

S/PV.8079: "We firmly believe that there is significant potential for women’s participation in various aspects of resolving armed conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction, and that the direct participation of women in preventing armed conflicts and in post-conflict reconstruction is a major requisite for eliminating violence against them."

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WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:

General Women, Peace and Security: 0/5

Conflict Prevention: 1/5

Disarmament: 0/5

Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 0/5

Participation: 0/5

Peace Processes: 0/5

Peacekeeping: 0/5

Protection: 0/5

Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/5

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 0/5

Implementation: 1/5 Justice, Rule of Law,

SSR: 1/5 Human Rights: 1/5

S/PV.7857: "We agree that successful, timely prevention depends to a large degree on combining all the tools in the United Nations arsenal — Chapters I and VI of the Charter, along with a number of additional decisions, including resolution 2171 (2014), on conflict prevention."

WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:

General Women, Peace and Security: 0/1

Conflict Prevention: 0/1

Disarmament: 0/1

Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 1/1

Participation: 0/1

Peace Processes: 0/1

Peacekeeping: 0/1

Protection: 1/1

Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/1

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 0/1

Implementation: 1/1 Justice,

Rule of Law, SSR: 0/1

Human Rights: 0/1

S/PV.7951: "We support the intention to ensure the pooling of efforts to prevent conflict and protect civilians. In our view, such an approach should be based on international law and should not impose any artificial hierarchies; it could then lead to positive results."

Draft resolutions on Join Investigative Mission on the use of chemical weapons in Syria (S/2017/970), chemical weapons in Syria (S/2017/962), Join Investigative Mission on the use of chemical weapons in Syria (S/2017/884), and on chemical weapon usage in Syria (S/2017/315) - none with any gender-specific language.

Peacekeeping: Russia ensured a 15 per cent female presence in peacekeeping efforts. Russia also trains women police officers in United Nations certified training centres. Russia also plans to train women soldiers in in United Nations certified training centres by the end of the year.

Profit from Arms Transfer in 2016: $6,432,000,000 

UN Women Government Total Contribution: $0

HDI (Human Development Index): The Russian Federation was ranked 49.

The Russian Federation is included in the "Very High Human Development" category

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The Russian Federation provided female peacekeepers to MINUJUSTH (1 woman), MINURSO (0 women), MONUSCO (0 women), UNFICYP (5 women), UNISFA (0 women), UNMIK (1 women), UNMIL (0 women), UNMISS (1 woman), UNVMC (1 woman), UNTSO (2 women).

S/PV.8218: "We will continue to provide all necessary assistance for strengthening the capacities of United Nations peacekeeping."

All NGOs: 220,846 as of January 28, 2018 (according to Ministry of Justice).

Civil Society is relatively institutionalised and stable, offering civil society a reasonable platform in which to do its work. However, the research also tells us that CSOs do not achieve a high degree of impact or significantly contribute to socio-political change in Russia, not least because of the lack of systematic interaction with authorities.

Shrinking CSO space continued in 2017 through: Stifling of independent nongovernmental groups with the use of specially targeted legislation on “foreign agents” and on “undesirable organizations”; Marginalization of critical voices and diminishing universally recognized human rights values under the flag of “traditional values”; Massive crackdown on online freedom of expression and access to and use of the internet; Targeted intimidation of critics through criminal prosecution: criminal cases opened against peaceful protesters, bloggers, and directors of leading NGOs listed on the “foreign agents” register; deterioration in working conditions for nongovernmental organizations and current environment is hostile.

This persecution has coincided with a series of new government programs designed to promote Russian civil society. These initiatives include grants awarded by the Ministry of Economic Development, subsidies to regional governments that encourage civic activity, and tax privileges for NGOs. in 2016, over $112 million were allocated to civic groups from the federal budget, triple the 2012 figure.

In order to obtain government grants, CSOs must demonstrate unconditional loyalty and total obedience to the government’s policies. Grants are given on an annual basis and only for particular projects selected by the ministry or by operators appointed by the president’s administration. Should an NGO step out of line by expressing dissent or working with “foreign agents,” its funding would be choked off. Two Federal laws went into force on January 1, 2017: Federal Law No. 287-FZ on Amending Federal Law on NCOs in Terms of Establishing the Status of NCO–Provider of Public Benefit Services (PBS); and Federal law No. 449-FZ on Amendments to Article 31-1 of the Federal Law on NCOs (in Terms of Specification of Measures of Support of Socially Oriented NCOs–PBS by the Public Authorities and Local Self-Government). Both of these laws have provisions that could benefit civil society if implemented properly. However, it remains to be seen how these laws will be implemented. Types of social support provided: Education: Yes Anti-violence: Yes Women's empowerment: Yes Gender-related training: No Political participation: No Anti-human trafficking: No Women's health: Yes Lobbying and policymaking: No Fundraising: No

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No NAP on UNSCR 1325. N/A. Russia has not passed even the weak gender-equality legislation that has been under consideration for more than a decade. In Summer 2017, activists barely averted the decriminalization of battery, which domestic-violence victims use because there is no specific domestic-violence legislation.

Military Expenditure in 2016: 69.2 Billion

There is no National Action Plan on the Implementation of Resolution 1325.

Lower: 15.8%; Upper: 17.1%

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.11

In Russia, women make up 20 percent of the police force, according to statistics on total police and women officers provided by Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov. PRI could not independently verify this number and there are no reliable public statistics to back up this claim. That’s a relatively high number, especially compared to the US, where women make up fewer than 13 percent of law enforcement. However, most Russian women officers are tasked with administrative and low-level education duties. They largely do not play leading roles in police stations or have the ability to hire, fire or enact policies dealing with issues of domestic violence and femicide. As of January 2017, the number of people working for the Russian military totaled 1,897,694, including 1,013,000 active servicemen and women. Over 326,000 women are in some way connected to the Russian Armed Forces. Soldiers: 45,000. About 170,000 Russian women serve in the police.

In Russia, women make up 20 percent of the police force, according to statistics on total police and women officers provided by Deputy Interior Minister Igor Zubov. PRI could not independently verify this number and there are no reliable public statistics to back up this claim. That’s a relatively high number, especially compared to the US, where women make up fewer than 13 percent of law enforcement. However, most Russian women officers are tasked with administrative and low-level education duties. They largely do not play leading roles in police stations or have the ability to hire, fire or enact policies dealing with issues of domestic violence and femicide. As of January 2017, the number of people working for the Russian military totaled 1,897,694, including 1,013,000 active servicemen and women. Over 326,000 women are in some way connected to the Russian Armed Forces. Soldiers: 45,000. About 170,000 Russian women serve in the police.

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.87

Unemployment rate (percentage of female/male labour force): Female: 5.3% Male: 5.8% Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.92

Estimated earned income (PPP US$): Female: 17,975 Male: 29,138 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.62

Legislators, senior officials, and managers (%): Female: 38.7, Male: 61.3 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.63

Professional and technical workers (%): Female: 63.2, Male: 36.8 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.72

The enrolment difference between males and females is provided below (The theoretical maximum value is 100%.

Increasing trends are considered a reflection of improving coverage at the specified level of education):

Literacy rate (%): Female: 99.6 Male: 99.7 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1

Enrolment in primary education (%): Female: 96.7 Male: 96.4 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1

Enrolment in secondary education (%): Female: 48.2 Male: 51.8 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.93

Enrolment in tertiary education (%): Female: 88.3 Male: 72.9 Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.21

In 2016, the Russian legislature decriminalised domestic violence, so that offenses that do not result in serious injury will be payable by a fine, and only second offenses will be considered a crime. In 2017, regressive amendments made to domestic violence law, which came into effect on 1 July 2017, releases husbands from criminal responsibility — with some minor exceptions — for acts of physical violence against their spouses.

According to ANNA (key women's organisation), Russia has “no established system of assistance to victims.”

The Government of Russia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. The government lacks a national action plan to combat trafficking, a coordinating authority for anti-trafficking efforts, and funding in the federal and local budgets for trafficking prevention and victim protection.The government took no steps to fulfill commitments to implement a programme of Cooperation between Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Member States against Trafficking in Persons or to create an interagency committee to address trafficking.The government lacked a systematic process for the identification of victims or their referral to care, though reports indicated the government identified and assisted a limited number of victims on an ad hoc basis. Prosecutions remained low compared with the scope of Russia’s trafficking problem.

A systemic approach to protecting against sexual violence does not exist at the government level. On the Contrary, in 2016 the Russian Government adopted an ammendment decriminalising domestic violence. Under the new law, domestic violence that results in bruising or bleeding but not broken bone has a penalty of 15 days in prison or a fine, a significant downgrade from the potential maximum two year imprisonment previously legislated. It is estimated that one woman is killed every forty minutes in Russia as a result of domestic violence. There remains one well-known rape crisis centre in Moscow, Syostri (Sisters), but it remains severely underfunded.

The Federal Law "On Veterans" is not gender sensitive, although it provides regulations on services and other rights awarded to military veterans, which would include women since the serve in the military alongside men in many areas. All-Russian public organisation of veterans (pensioners) of war, labour, armed forces and law enforcement agencies:

- Protection of civil, social, economic, labour veterans and personal rights;

- Improving the material conditions, medical and consumer veterans services;

- Legal assistance to veterans and their families;

- Patriotic education of youth;

- Military-historical work.

Russia has one national women’s helpline, which is free of charge but not 24/7. The National Helpline for Women Victims of Domestic Violence (tel: 8800 7000 600) does not provide multilingual support. However, it is available free of charge. The national women’s helpline is run by the National Centre for Prevention of Violence (ANNA). No government funding has been allocated in 2016 to the national women’s helpline. There are 40 women’s shelters in Russia, with a total capacity of approximately 400 beds. Services in the existing shelters are nevertheless available free of charge. These shelters are available only in major cities and only some (under 50 %) provide 24/7 access and immediate and direct access in emergency situations. The length of stay in women’s shelters is between 3–6 months. Services in the existing shelters are nevertheless available free of charge. There was some government funding allocated to the women’s shelters in 2016, but it was not possible to indicate the exact amount. The organisations providing the aforementioned shelter services for women and girls affected by gender based violence are women’s NGOs. There are approximately 150 women’s centres is Russia, which are run by women’s NGOs and government institutions. These are available only in major cities. The women’s centres received government funding, donations and foreign funding in 2016.

The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. 

Despite the lack of significant efforts, there were reports some authorities took steps to address trafficking, including by identifying some victims, though the number of victims identified by the government remained negligible. However, authorities routinely detained and deported potential forced labor victims without screening for signs of exploitation, and prosecuted victims forced into prostitution for prostitution offenses. Throughout 2017, the government maintained bilateral contracts with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) under which the DPRK operated labor camps in Russia and subjected thousands of North Korean workers to forced labor, though near the end of the reporting period, Russia announced its intention to discontinue future contracts to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2397. The government offered no funding or programs for trafficking victims’ rehabilitation, while several privately run shelters remained closed due to lack of funding and the government’s crackdown on civil society.

Three dedicated trafficking shelters remained closed due to lack of funding; however, some victims continued to be accommodated in homeless shelters. A government-funded homeless shelter accepted Russian and foreign trafficking victims, provided medical and psychiatric aid, and referred victims to international NGOs and other homeless shelters located in many of Russia’s regions.

In 2017, Russia entered into bilateral agreements with Uzbekistan to regulate, control, and provide training to migrant laborers in each country. Authorities conducted scheduled and unannounced audits of firms employing foreign laborers to check for violations of immigration and labor laws—with penalties in the form of revoking foreign worker permits. While these raids took place with some regularity, the use of undocumented or forced labor remained widespread due to complacency and corruption.

Total population of refugees, stateless persons, IDPs, and asylum-seekers: 201,389. Russia has not enacted a comprehensive gender equality law, and “neither the Constitution...nor other appropriate legislation, contains a definition of discrimination or expressly prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex. In 2005, the Parliament Assembly of the members of the Commonwealth of Independent States adopted the Model Law “On State Guarantees of Equality of Rights and Opportunities for Men and Women.” The General Victim and Witness Protection Law was also enacted in 2004 and amended most recently in 2013. Although there are some law provisions prohibiting discrimination, they usually do not regulate gender discrimination separately. Russia has no law guaranteeing equal opportunities for men and women in employment or education.

Currently domestic violence is not recognised as a separate offence by the Russian Criminal Code. The only applicable criminal provisions are those relating to bodily injuries or other crimes. The Russian Federation has no comprehensive law, programme or action plan to address domestic violence, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not updated its domestic violence information since 2008. No provision in the Russian Criminal Code specifically addresses honour killings.