On 9 December Bashkortosan Republic joined a workwide campaign of "16 days against violence against women" from 25 November to 10 December by opening an exhibition of the posters from the US and Russia's family crisis centers, promoting the right of women to live without violence. The exhibition's opening was attended by the youth initiatives support center under the Bashkir republican refugees society, female rights organizations "Bireshme!" , "Zhenskaya Initsiativa" and "Ungay", which will laos sign a special peitition to be sent to president Vladimir Putin. Cited in: Public Groups Join Move for Women's Rights, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 10 December 2004.
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