Empowering Voices: Gender Dynamics and Women’s Engagement in Russia’s BRICS+ 2024 Presidency

... enhancing their global representation in international decision-making bodies. Russia’s leadership acknowledges that gender equality is still a distant dream as several barriers are yet to be dismantled to close the gender gap to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda. Unlike other parts of Europe, Russia has a long history of advocating for women’s rights and equality, dating back to the 18 th century. Compared to their Western counterparts, liberal and revolutionary Russian feminists benefited from their advocacy in a number of ways. Following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the Soviet ...