Natalia Antonova writes [1] about an open letter to president Victor Yushchenko posted in a Ukrainian feminist LJ community: “Basically, people are outraged that on the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, the President launched into a saccharine speech about how the ladiez are so lovely and admired by men… in a country where women are trafficked and rape is barely prosecuted.”
Ukraine: Protesting Yushchenko's March 8 Address
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Ukraine, Digital Activism, Governance, Human Rights, Politics, Protest, Women & Gender