Empowering Women in Russia: Activism, Aid, and NGOs

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Empowering Women in Russia Activism, Aid, and NGOs Julie Hemment Empowering Women in Russia New Anthropologies of Europe Daphne Berdahl, Matti Bunzl, and Michael Herzfeld, editors J U L I E H E M M E N T Empowering Women in Russia Activism, Aid, and NGOs indiana university press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2007 by Julie Dawn Hemment All rights reserved Excerpts from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, © 1943 by Harcourt, Inc. and Editions Gallimard, renewed 1971 by Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, English translation © 2000 by Richard Howard, reprinted by permission of Harcourt, Inc. This material may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hemment, Julie. Empowering women in Russia : activism, aid, and NGOs / Julie Hemment. p. cm. — (New anthropologies of Europe) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34839-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-253-34839-0 (alk. paper) 1. Women’s rights—Russia (Federation) 2. Women—Russia (Federation)—Social conditions. 3. Russia (Federation)—Social conditions—1991– I. Title. HQ1236.5R8 H46 2007 305.420947′09049—dc22 2006023720 1 2 3 4 5 12 11 10 09 08 07 For Valentina and Oktiabrina And he went back to the fox. “Good-bye,” he said. “Good-bye,” said the fox. “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince ...