Presentation of Ukraine-wide Campaign “Discrimination Is Limiting.
Counteract It!”
White Hall of the Cinema House
As a rule, in everyday life we do not think much about the existence of
discrimination. Not until ourselves, our relatives or friends encounter the limitation
of our rights. However, only few of us succeed in restoration of our rights or in
access to a service, which was previously refused. This usually happens because
we do not know how to act in the case of discrimination.
The campaign organizers, including Coalition for Discrimination Counteraction
in Ukraine, Center for Human Rights Information, with support of Pact, Inc. in
Ukraine and International Renaissance Foundation, welcome everyone who is
willing to learn more about human rights violations in Ukraine, and to understand
how to counteract them.
Organizers point out that discrimination concerns everyone. They support their
statement with simple examples: “Have you ever received an employment refusal
because you were just 20 years old? This is discrimination. They have not hired
you because you have already turned 40? This is discrimination. They refused to
hire you because you are... a woman? You cannot get into a shop, because they
have stairs, and you are on a wheelchair? This is discrimination... Do you have
“wrong” nationality? “Wrong” sexual orientation?..”