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Dariana Gryaznova

Legal Advisor, Eurasia

Europe and Central Asia

Dariana Gryaznova joined Equality Now in September 2022. As the Legal Advisor, Eurasia, her main role is contributing to Equality Now’s reports and submissions to regional and international mechanisms, strategic litigation and developing strategies with local partners on violence against women and girls, including sexual violence.

Dariana contributed to Equality Now’s recent reports and publications, including:

Dariana Gryaznova is a Russian-qualified lawyer who has been working in the human rights sector since 2013. She has been litigating human rights cases domestically and before the ECtHR and UN treaty bodies, focusing on access to information, freedom of expression, women’s rights and non-discrimination and climate change.

In 2019, she was awarded the Chevening Scholarship, the UK government’s international awards program, which has been developing future leaders since 1983.

Born in Siberia, Russia, Dariana is currently based in the EU. She is fluent in Russian and English and is learning Spanish. She holds an LLB in law from Saint Petersburg State University and an LLM (Distinction) in Human Rights Law from the Queen Mary University of London.

Dariana has a personal blog (in Russian) where she shares her thoughts on violence against women in Russia and globally.

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Moldova: Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 54th Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

Read our joint UN submission calling on Moldova to strengthen laws, access to justice and survivor support to address gender-based violence against women and girls, including those facing intersecting discrimination.

Ukraine: Joint Stakeholder Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 54th Session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council

Read our joint UN submission assessing Ukraine’s progress, gaps and measures needed to strengthen responses to gender-based violence against women and girls, including in the context of ongoing armed conflict.

Submission to the CEDAW Committee for the Follow-up Assessment of Tajikistan

Equality Now’s submission on Tajikistan highlights domestic violence, sexual violence, child marriage, and legal reforms needed to protect women and girls.

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