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Russia: Women and the (Male) Body Politic

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Russia: Women and the (Male) Body Politic

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Out of the creative, pitiless turmoil that was Russia in the early 1990s a remarkable political force emerged and, briefly, flowered: a party that entered the 1993 parliamentary elections with a list made up entirely of women. "We relied on women's groups all over the country, and they waged a powerful word-of-mouth campaign. Women told women, families told families. And people were convinced. Politics will never be the same here again,” Women of Russia leader Alevtina Fedulova said after the elections.

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Out of the creative, pitiless turmoil that was Russia in the early 1990s a remarkable political force emerged and, briefly, flowered: a party that entered the 1993 parliamentary elections with a list made up entirely of women. "We relied on women's groups all over the country, and they waged a powerful word-of-mouth campaign. Women told women, families told families. And people were convinced. Politics will never be the same here again,” Women of Russia leader Alevtina Fedulova said after the elections.

To read the complete news story Transitions Online.

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