GCAP Russian Federation
National Website: protivbed.ru
National Coalition
If you are interested in working on the campaign, please contact Vitaliy Kartamyshev at vkartamyshev@oxfam.org.uk
Read the GCAP Russia Brochure - English
Quick Background
GCAP Russian Federation has completed a one-page brief with background information.
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GCAP Russia content
- OPEN LETTER TO G20 FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING 14 MARCH in LONDON
- G20 2009 - April 2nd - Finance Ministers Lobby letter (sample)
- The G20 Finance Ministers are meeting Saturday 14th March, this lobby letter can be sent prior to their meeting to focus their talks on GCAP demands.
- The Russian parliament removed the requirement for permanently disabled people to undergo an annual assessment in order to access government benefits.
- Prior to 2008, people with permanent disabilities in Russia had to undergo a lengthy and humiliating annual assessment in order to access work permit and government benefits. In April of 2008, the government set concrete criteria for determining people to be disabled, and allows some categories of individuals to access government benefits indefinitely. The change in the legal requirements includes vocabulary taken directly from GCAP Russia recommendations to the government.
- GCAP campaigners hand over petitions to G8 delegates
- Yesterday GCAP campaigners in Canada, Germany, Italy, Russia and the UK handed over the Tanabata petitions to the G8 delegations.
- GCAP Russian Federation - Events in 2007
- GCAP Russian Federation - Events in 2005
