Belarus Archives - Women's Agenda

Olympic

Belarusian sprinter allegedly pressured to leave Olympics for speaking out against her coaches

An Olympic track and field athlete has been pressured by her country to leave the Tokyo Olympics after she criticised her coaches.

President of Slovakia Zuzana Čaputová

When the UN General Assembly finally heard from a woman, she shared need for “globalisation of compassion”

President Zuzana Caputova of Slovakia was the 52nd speaker to take the virtual platform, one of just 11 woman speaking.

protests

Hundreds of women detained in latest Belarus protests

Thousands of women marched in protests in Minsk over the weekend, calling for the resignation of President Alexander Lukashenko.

Maria Kolesnikova

Belarus oppostion leader Maria Kolesnikova snatched by ‘masked men’ in Minsk

Belarus’ leading opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova was snatched by unidentified masked men in the streets of Minsk on Monday morning.

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Svetlana Tikhanouskaya took on Belarus’ authoritarian leader & became a symbol of democracy

Svetlana Tikhanouskaya galvanised Belarus in way that has not been seen Alexander Lukashenko came into power in 1994, becoming a symbol of democracy.