Women in Transnistria

Women in Transnistria are women who live in or are from Transnistria (may also be spelled as Transdniestria; and also known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, abbreviated as PMR).

Population

Based on the census conducted in 2004, 54% of 555,000 people are composed of women; of which 21% of those women are aged over 60 years old.Women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Transnistria Sociological Research Report 2011
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Employment

Based on the census conducted in 2004, 37% of women have been employed, while 19% were unemployed. Retired women were at 35%.

Education

According to the 2004 census, 50.1% of the population in Transnistria were students in the "professional and higher education" fields. 15.9% of the women have received higher education, but some may not have completed their higher education at educational institutions. 31.5% of the women received professional level education. 31.7% of the women received secondary level of education. 8.4 of the women received primary level of education.

Women in politics

Although still a country with limited recognition internationally, and although ''Freedom in the World 2012'' had described that " men are underrepresented in most positions of authority", the current Transnistrian government includes 8 women and 6 men. Prime Minister of Transnistria (Tatiana Turanskaya) and 3 Deputy Prime Ministers out of 4 are also women ( Natalia Nikiforova, Nina Shtanski and Maija Parnas). Women are widely presented in Presidential Administration of Transnistria: both the head of Administration (Nadezhda Baranova) and all the 5 presidential advisors (Alyona Klyus, Nadezhda Zablotskaya, Natalia Garbar, Anna Yanchuk and Galina Sandutsa) are women.

Women are somewhat underrepresented as heads of State Administrations of cities and districts (''raions'') of Transnistria (only Rybnitsa district is headed by a woman), but are widely presented on posts of deputy heads of State Administrations. Currently 2 deputies out of 5 in Tiraspol administration, 2 out of 2 in Bendery administration, 2 out of 3 in Rybnitsa administration, 2 out of 3 in Dubăsari administration, 2 out of 3 in Grigoriopol administration and 2 out of 2 in Camenca administration are women.

Human trafficking

Some women of Transnistria, including minors, have become victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and prostitution,Transnistria
Freedom in the World 2012, freedomhouse.org which are three of the major problems in the country. Most often, trafficked Transnistrian women and girls are brought to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.Trafficking in Persons
A HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE ON TRANSNISTRIA REASSESSING THE SITUATION WITHIN THE “BLACK HOLE OF EUROPE”, Revue de la Sécurité Humaine/ Human Security Journal – Issue 3 – February 2007, pp. 18-19.

See also

* Human rights in Transnistria
* Crime in Transnistria

References

External links

* Lungu, Anna
Peaceful Conflict Transformation in Transnistria
European University Centre for Peace Studies


History and Voices of the Tragedy in Romania and Transnistria, The Nizkor Project

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PEOPLE’S PEACEMAKING PERSPECTIVES MAY 2011
* Gupta, Vidushi (UNHRC journalist)
Time to Thrive – Transnistria at Turning Point
19/05/2013

Photo exhibition "Women of Transnistria: the diversity and uniqueness"
UN WOMEN, saynotoviolence.org

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