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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Post-Soviet Women -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Post-Soviet Women: New Challenges and Ways to Empowerment-Introduction -- Purpose and Theoretical Premises -- Thirty years After the Breakdown of the Soviet Union -- Institutions Matter -- New Challenges to Gender Equality in Post-Soviet Countries -- Traditional Family Values -- Ways to Empowerment? -- The Structure of This Book: Its Organization and Chapters -- Part 1: Women's Positions in the Post-Soviet Societies -- Part 2: Negotiating women's Roles -- Part 3: Women's Agency, New Movements and Activisms -- Notes -- References -- Women's Positions in the Post-Soviet Societies -- From Defending Women's Rights in the "Whole World" to Silence About Russia's Predatory War? The (Geo)politics of the Eurasian Women's Forums in the Context of "Traditional Values" -- The WIDF, the Committee of Soviet Women and Women's Rights During the Cold War3 -- Reconfiguring the Political Agenda: The Russian Authoritarian State and New (Geo)political Strategies Concerning Women -- The Women's Union of Russia and Its New Mission in the Late 2010s -- Promoting Businesswomen and "Traditional Family Values": The Russian State's International Agenda for Women -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Debates on the Domestic Violence Prevention Law in Russia-Pro and Contra -- Domestic Violence Statistics in Russia -- The Case of Domestic Violence Law in Russia -- History of Campaigns Against Domestic Violence in Russia -- Public Comments on the Draft Law for Domestic Violence -- The Role of the Orthodox Church in Russia -- The Orthodox Church as a Political Actor -- Arguments of the Opponents of the Law on Domestic Violence -- Arguments of the Defenders of the Law on Domestic Violence -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References.

When the Private Remains Nonpolitical: Gender Roles, Sexual Liberation, and the Example of Armenia -- Introduction -- Holistic and Dualistic Equality -- The Context: Armenia Influenced by Asia and Europe -- Studying Elites -- The Armenian Elites on the Position of Women in the Public Sphere -- Armenian Elites on Gender Roles in the Private Sphere -- Perceived as Threatening the Family Institution: The LGBTI Community -- Conclusions -- Personal Interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Trends in Gender Inequality in Post-Soviet Central Asia -- Introduction -- Overview -- Background -- Research Focus -- The Dynamics of Gender Inequality Measures in Central Asia -- Gender Inequality Measures in Central Asia -- Discussion -- Estimations of Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being -- Data and Methodology -- Results and Discussion -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Women's Rights in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan: In the Grip of Conservative Re-traditionalisation and Neoliberal Capitalism -- Introduction -- National and Religious Revival -- Neoliberal Reforms: The Emergence of 'Bardak' (Chaos), Systemic Inequality and the Vulnerability of Women -- The Neoliberal Capitalism Model in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and Its Challenges for Women's Rights -- Conservative Discourse, the Patriarchal Concept of Honour and the Effects of the Transition Period -- Interaction Between Re-traditionalisation and Neoliberal Capitalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Why Was There No FEMEN in the Baltic States? Some Preliminary Observations -- Blonde Ambition: Internalising the Neoliberal Paradigm During the Crisis of Masculinity -- Flash in the Pan: Political Parody of FEMEN in the Service of Patriarchy -- FEMENist Angst -- "Because Lenin Said So"11: Marxism in FEMEN's Ideology -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Negotiating Women's Roles.

Being a Woman and Russian National Identity: Discourses and Representations Through the Lenses of Russian Conservative and Nationalist Organizations -- Background: Women As Part of Russian National Identity Discourses -- Navigating Across Russian Nationalist Ecosystems and Discourses -- Aims and Methodological Choices -- Theoretical Assumptions and Analysis -- The Eurasian Youth Movement: Mother Eurasia and Women as Participants in the Conservative Revolution and Third Russia Through Beauty and Childbirth -- The Izborskii Club: Russian Women Are Strong and Self-Sufficient "but Should Still Remain Women" -- The RNU and the RIM: Women Largely Absent or Simply Actors Contributing to the Increase of Fertility Rates -- Impact of Organizational Membership on Discursive Manifestations -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Female Parliamentarians in Armenia: From Traditional Theme-Takers to the New Theme-Givers? -- Introduction -- Research Questions -- Data -- The Gender Gap -- Theoretical Background -- An Overview of women's Participation in Armenia's Branch of Government -- Women Parliamentarians in Standing Committees -- Female MP Activities in Legislative Processes -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Valkyries and Madonnas: Constructing Femininity During the Russo-Ukrainian War -- Notes on Methodology and Theory -- Valkyries, Madonnas and Witches: The Faces of Ukrainian Women During the War -- Valkyries: Badass and Dangerous -- Madonnas: Universal Care -- Witches: Ruling Fate -- Conclusions: Paradoxes of Femininity During the War -- Note -- References -- Women Cultivating Love in the Belarusian Countryside -- Introduction -- Neglect, Absences and Various Threads of Insecurity: The Field Site Description -- Female Virtue: Hard Work, Care and Self-Sacrifice -- Lidziya -- Albina -- Discussion -- Gardening and Order -- Gardening and Care.

Gardening, Self-Care and Love -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Literature -- Women's Agency, New Movements and Activisms -- 'They Beat Us, We Fly': Indigenous Activism Among Women in the Russian North -- Introduction -- Political and Epistemological Background -- Soviet Emancipation of Indigenous Women -- Women, Gender Equality, and Activism -- Indigenous Feminism and the Russian Sami -- Conclusions -- References -- Women's Activism in Ukraine: Artistic Method in Early Civic Documentations of the Ukraine-Russia War -- Introduction -- Women and Anti-Discrimination Policy in Ukraine During Phase 1 of the War -- Gender and Activism in Ukraine 2000s to Today -- Three Case Studies: Women's Activism in Donbas -- "Izolyatsia" and "Platforma TYU!"-Culture Platforms on the Frontline in Donbas as Educational Public Sphere -- Donbas Studies Summer School-Universal Depictions of Everyday Life to Foster Empathy -- A Transnational Art Exhibit-Discursive Intervention into Memory Politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Generations of Feminist Translations: Connecting Russophone Academic and Activist Feminist Translation Debates Across the 2000s and 2010s -- Introduction -- Translating 'Western' Feminisms into Post-Soviet Contexts in the Early 2000s -- Translating Intersectionality on Grassroots Russophone Social Media Platforms in the 2010s -- Translating Intersectionality to Fight Exclusion Within Russophone Feminist Scenes -- Tensions in the Russophone Intersectional Feminist Translation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Balancing Between Global Trends: What Is Happening with Women's Empowerment in Azerbaijan? -- Introduction -- Statistics Related to Women's Lives and Families: The Conjunction of Liberal Trends and Traditional Values -- The Local Legal System: A Specific Shift Towards Gender Equality.

Public Discussions on Combatting Gender Violence and Advancing the Economic Empowerment of Women -- International Actors and Gender Issues in the Private Sphere -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Women's Agency During the Conservative Wave in Russian Social Policy -- Background -- Social Policies Aimed at Increasing Birth Rates -- Promoting Socially Oriented NGOs -- Women Being Held Responsible for the Realization of Social Policy -- Female Networks-Working Across Hierarchies and Sectors -- Relying on Socially Oriented NGOs -- Empowering Vulnerable Women? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index.