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Project report: women - guardians of the hearth
Grantee: MIR – Office for Initiatives Development, Tajikistan Project: “Women’s joint work – effective foundation for preventing domestic violence” For Tajik society, family is the main school of...
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Project report: exchanging experience
New opportunities for women Grantee: MIR – Office for Initiatives Development, Tajikistan Project: “Women’s joint work – effective foundation for preventing domestic violence” Isfara and Bobojon...
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Project report: “Homes without violence!”
Grantee: Association of Public Assessors, Tajikistan Project: “Homes without violence!”: training for paralegals and publication of articles and information booklets on judicial proceedings and...
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New volunteer: Rory Connor
BEARR is always delighted to have new volunteers. A warm welcome to our latest recruit. Rory is currently studying for a Masters in Russian Studies at University College London, where he also...
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Project Report: Empowering women in rural Georgia
Grantee: Partnership for Education and Communication, Georgia Project: Strengthening the position of rural women through public and economic participation Despite positive legislative and policy...
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Review: Harald Lipman’s “Memories of Moscow: Memoirs of a Medical Diplomat”
Humanity and Humour Nicola Ramsden “We were merely observers”, writes Dr Harald Lipman of the eventful years between 1983 and 1991 when, as 1st Secretary, Medical Attaché to the British Embassy in...
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Report: BEARR’s 2021 Spring Lecture
Belarus: What happened and what next? with Nigel Gould-Davies February 2021 Protests against Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s 26-year regime grew ahead of presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020....
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Project report: women for good governance
Grantee: NGO Center, Armenia Project: To promote gender-balanced, needs-responsive local government in targeted communities by establishing a participatory model. The programme “Women for good...
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Project report: women’s entrepreneurship
Promising potential for economic development Grantee: “Nurjolber”, KyrgyzstanProject: to raise awareness of domestic violence in Naryn province through support for entrepreneurship and small business...
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Small Grants Scheme 2021: Preliminary Results
The BEARR Trust’s 2021 Small Grants Scheme sought applications from across the region for projects to “reduce the social isolation of people living with disadvantage”. We did not specify the...
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Palliative care for children: training for medics in Belarus continues...
Daryl-Ann Hardman, Founding Trustee and Chairwoman of Friends of the Belarusian Children’s Hospice (UK) We have been working with Belarus for over 20 years. Our name reflects the identity of our main...
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Project report: a safe community for the women of Soghd region
Grant recipient: NGO “Sarchashma”, Tajikistan Project: Training Women’s Councils in southern jamoats, and raising awareness, working with men and boys as well as women and girls We want to see women...
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One year on: Russia’s COVID-19 crisis
After a decade of economic stagnation, oil price instability, military conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and international sanctions and counter-sanctions, 2020 was to be a year of revival for President...
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Project report: Gender Equality: the key to empowering women and eradicating...
Grantee: International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), Armenia Project: project on gender equality as a key to the role of women and poverty reduction, focusing on family entrepreneurship in a single...
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BEARR Trust Summer Lecture 2021
“The Londongrad Laundromat and its consequences”, with journalist and ‘Moneyland’ author, Oliver Bullough We are delighted to announce that award-winning journalist and author of Sunday Times...
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BEARR’s 30th Anniversary Photography Competition: The Judging Panel
Nadia BeardBridget Kendall MBEElyor NematovEmma BrownJadwiga Bronte Nadia Beard Nadia is a journalist and pianist. She is the Editor in Chief of The Calvert Journal, and previously lived and worked in...
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BEARR Trust 30th Anniversary: Photography Competition
“Side by Side”: celebrating 30 years of building connections and sharing understanding between communitiesDeadline for submissions: Tuesday 1 June, 23:59 BST 2021 marks 30 years since BEARR was...
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Project report: empowering women and young people in rural areas of Abkhazia
Grantee: Women’s Fund for Development, Georgia Project To give women and young people in rural areas the skills and capability to identify local needs, lobby and advocate for them, and participate in...
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The BEARR Trust’s summer lecture
The Londongrad Laundromat and its consequences Ross Gill, BEARR TrusteeMay 2021 Oliver Bullough’s Moneyland tells the compelling story of how extreme wealth has been siphoned off some of the world’s...
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Online photography exhibition
Online photography exhibition BEARR 30th Anniversary Photography Competition: Side by Side To celebrate 30 years of building connections and mutual support within Eastern Europe and Central Asia (the...
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