Russia - Pussy Riot

Pussy Riot. 

Women activists acting out against President Putin.

They stand for womens rights and Gay rights.

Nadya and Masha put into prison for 2 years.

you can speak about Putin, but you cannot take action. 

you have no place to publish anything Anti-Putin

Are we entering a new cold war? people who run Russia are from the soviet ages.

how do you think the Ukraine crisis will end? the cost of war, Russia funds the war.

can you live a normal life and be activists...

Nadya and Masha Interview: Nov 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruMclx5Gy7M 

Nadya of Pussy Riot on Putin x Donald Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEacC_krk-Y

Blood Bath lyrics

Satire, Political Mock of Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VakUHHUSdf8

If you are an activist in Russia, you risk being put in prison.

Hunger Strike

slave labour

work 16 hours day

no breaks

how it began

• Late 2011 - Nadya and Kat
• Putin announced he wanted to do his 3rd term
• he simply told the people he was going to be the president.
• Nadya was raging!
• women are the face of the collective, but there are also men involved in this action.
• Pussy Riot is for the people who do not agree with the regime

Nadya in 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn97QV1gQkk

Every Religion talks about the power of individual choice.

• The world is so separated by the gender roles
• Gender is changeable

Russian Propaganda

• NGO crack down
• Immoral hell
• Putin wants Russia to be separate from the whole world, ie. not allowing Russians to leave Russia.

Economic Rights

Women make 46.9% of the employed population in Russia. The greatest proportion of working women are in public health service (85%), education (81%), credit and finance (78%), information and accounting services (75%), whilst the lowest share is in the construction industry (22%). As in Soviet times, the majority of working women are trapped in low-wage areas, such as medicine, education, and clerical jobs. The difference is that Soviet-era perks, such as accessible day care and child allowances, still exist but are only nominal – that is, not substantial at all.

The principle of equal pay for equal work is in the constitution but men prevail in leading positions and dominate among well paid experts, so men's average wage is higher than women's and it seems to increase even more with time.

There are protective laws prohibiting too hard jobs for women, such as carrying too heavy weights, or working at night. You'll see many women, though, working in the shops and in the metro past midnight: the law allows 'temporary' contracts for such jobs. Pregnant women or women with a child 1 to 3 years of age are strictly forbidden to work at night. When a pregnant woman leaves her job to give birth and look after her child, there is a 'requirement for a 3 year-paid maternity leave for child care'. Therefore young women are often discriminated when applying for a job for that reason.

Women make 45% of the unemployed population. Many women lost their jobs after the end of Soviet Union. Also, like many men, some educated women left their jobs themselves (because of lack of proper payment) for other jobs where they don't put in practice their skills. Some women stopped working and stayed at home, some women became alcoholics.