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Veronika Marchenko (activist)

Veronika Marchenko (activist)

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Veronika Marchenko (Russian: Верони́ка Алекса́ндровна Ма́рченко, Veronika Aleksandrovna Marchenko) is a Russian activist.[1] In 2008 she was the head of the NGO Mother's Right Foundation, which she founded as a student in 1988.

Veronika Marchenko with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009.

Life

The Mother's Right Foundation works to expose the inhumane conditions that led to the deaths of Russian service members in peacetime,[2] as well as to help families of the dead get compensation and to punish those guilty of deaths.[1][3][4] It also presses for an end to hazing and bullying.[3] This NGO is mainly funded by foreign grants.[5][4]

Marchenko has also worked on the journal Yunost.[6] In 1986 she was on the show "12th Storey", broadcast by Soviet Central TV, and she was in the International Youth Movement "Next Stop Soviet" (1987-1990).[6] In November 1998 she was awarded the Public Recognition prize, and in December 2002 the Open Society Institute in Russia awarded her the prize For Selfless Work.[6] She also received a 2009 International Women of Courage Award.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    The Secretary of State's 2009 International Women of Courage Awards
  2. [2]
    Anne White (5 April 1999). Democratization in Russia under Gorbachev, 1985–91: The Birth of a Voluntary Sector. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-349-27372-0.
  3. [3]
    Veronika Marchenko: "We are Ready for a Long Fight in Order To Make the Law Prevail" | DipNote
  4. [4]
    Veronika Marchenko, head of a Russian NGO protecting the rights
  5. [5]
    The Mothers' Right foundation: Russian soldiers' mothers turn grief into action - Telegraph
  6. [6]
    Veronika Marchenko - Rights in Russia
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