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Filling the Gaps: How Women’s Groups Meet Changing Needs in Post-Soviet Russia

Goodwin-Kucinsky, Molly
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243868760

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2009, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Slavic and East European Studies.
This paper examines the role of independent women’s organizations in Post-Soviet Russia. I analyze to what extent women’s organizations challenge existing social policies and hold the state accountable to protect women’s rights, or collaborate with the state to enforce the existing social contract. Based on case studies of six independent women’s organizations, I argue that it is impossible to say that women’s groups either exclusively advocate for change or act as partners with the state. Contemporary women’s organizations balance the public’s need for social services with the desire to advocate for political solutions to women’s concerns, all the while operating under the eye of an increasingly controlling state.
Jennifer Suchland, PhD (Advisor)
Jill Bystydzienski, Phd (Committee Member)
Womens Studies
Russian; NGO; women's rights

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  • Goodwin-Kucinsky, M. (2009). Filling the Gaps: How Women’s Groups Meet Changing Needs in Post-Soviet Russia [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243868760

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Goodwin-Kucinsky, Molly. Filling the Gaps: How Women’s Groups Meet Changing Needs in Post-Soviet Russia. 2009. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243868760.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Goodwin-Kucinsky, Molly. "Filling the Gaps: How Women’s Groups Meet Changing Needs in Post-Soviet Russia." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243868760

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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