Women in Transnistria

[1] According to the 2004 census, 50.1% of the population in Transnistria were students in the "professional and higher education" fields.

[1] Although still a country with limited recognition internationally, and although Freedom in the World 2012 had described that "[w]omen are underrepresented in most positions of authority", the current Transnistrian government includes 8 women and 6 men.

Women are widely presented in Presidential Administration of Transnistria: both the head of Administration (Nadezhda Baranova)[2] and all the 5 presidential advisors (Alyona Klyus, Nadezhda Zablotskaya, Natalia Garbar, Anna Yanchuk and Galina Sandutsa)[3] are women.

Some women of Transnistria, including minors, have become victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and prostitution,[10] which are three of the major problems in the country.

[11] Most often, trafficked Transnistrian women and girls are brought to Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

A woman voting in Transnistria in 2005.
Nina Shtanski, Transnistrian Minister of Foreign Affairs