This approach was called “normal feminism” because women at that time did not have another choice but to fight as half of the male population died in that war. Instead, she emerged very strong on the public scene, even making one of her primary campaign promises to release all the political prisoners and arrange a new independent election.

The other two boys failed marriage have had relatively little public prominence. In contrast, there were only 12.71% in favor of Tikhanovskaya, who had more support than Lukashenko, who trailed with 3% to 7% of voters. According to an interview with Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon, Lukashenko did not look for news on the internet instead of using the old school Soviet style of receiving information about his country’s situation from staff reports. The harm done to a child growing up in this kind of environment is impossible to calculate from the outside, it is unknown if he has his father’s thirst for power or wishes to fade into the background when Lukashenko finally leaves office. – There’s a history of man behind each high rank, order, medal. He attended meetings with heads of states, sat at the General Assembly of the United Nations, where he met Michelle and Barack Obama. With 100,000 protesters demanding Alexander Lukashenko’s resignation and free and fair elections in Minsk, the 15-year-old flew over the crowds in a helicopter, all dressed up in the tactical gear of an elite commando. His mother has been erased from public life— Lukashenko explained to the nation that his son was “from God”—an ex-wife was also sidelined.

Simultaneously, the women-led opposition does not mean that women will have a direct road to equal rights. ISSN 2543-4969. However, even now, as demonstrators continue to protest the outcome of the election, Lukashenko continues to play the old role of a “gentleman” who does not want to compete with women.

The question at hand is not about how strong or weak the protest movement is in Belarus, but what opportunities women have in modern times for shaping their agenda, declaring it, and being recognized as an independent voice of political power transition to the desirable democratic future. Lukashenko’s objectification of women does not end there.

The ceremony was held at the Palace of Independence. On Friday, December 21, the Belarusian ruler presented state awards to employees in various fields of activity. Of a man-creator, a talented, hardworking man, devoted to his work and country, Lukashenka said during the ceremony.

It is unclear if the teenager runs his own social media accounts, as most of the images on his Instagram and VK accounts look to have been officially collated, but there are scores of images elsewhere, often posted by Russian fans of the boy who is growing into a dashing young man. But this year Lukashenko’s KGB and police demonstrated outrageous violence.
© 1998–2020 Хартыя’97 www.charter97.org At the same time, many of the women activists involved with the protests in Belarus believe that this activism is, first and foremost, a media campaign.

When his male competitors were eliminated from the running either by exile or imprisonment, he was sure that 37-year-old housewife Svetlana Tikhanovskaya could not compete. His unique interaction with women over 25 years of his governance more than clearly displays the despotic character of his power,” Project Media pointed out. Despite Lukashenko’s dismissal of the viability of women in Belarusian politics, Tikhanovskaya, along with Maria Kolesnikova (a professional musician and campaign coordinator for Victor Babariko), and Veronika Tsepkalo (wife of another candidate from the opposition- Valerie Tsepkalo) became the face of Belarusian resistance. FiveThirtyEight interviews voter (or non-voter) Thomas Jones about his views on the 2020 election. Additionally, according to various reports, the President’s former private doctor, Irina Abelskaya, who is also the mother of his third son, Nikolay, appeared to be a woman of power for the sole reason that this son potentially may inherit Belarus’ “throne.” However, the President prefers not to mention the mother’s name in public. Irina Abelskaya was among them.

Webinar Recap: US – Russia Relations: The Cold War 2.0. Irina Solomatina, a noted author and originator of the Gender Route (Minsk) project, thinks that it is too early to celebrate victory in the revolution for gender equality in Belarus. Another image released by the regime, showed him sitting at a table opposite his father with an automatic rifle at his side, apparently ready to defend his life.

The photographs taken when he met Chavez showed a handgun in a holster under his child-sized suit. The media and people of Belarus call them “our girls” and make jokes on social media about “housewives who are fighting with the dictator.” Moreover, the candidates in this national election cycle did not feel their independence either. Irina Abelskaya was among them. Lukashenko is notorious for his advancement of women in exchange for “good relations.” For example, he appointed his “close friend” Nadejda Ermakova as the head of Belarus’ Central Bank. In fact, the highest recognition Lukashenko stated publicly for Dr. Abelskaya was that Nikolay’s mother “is a doctor,” without mentioning her name.
Once he was five, he became a mascot taken wherever Lukashenko went. “No need to put girls forward,” he stated. A month following the Belarusian election, thousands are still taking to the streets of Minsk to voice opposition to what they are calling a rigged election. Whether it’s a sweetheart image posted by Russian fangirls on VK or a state-issued photograph of a future leader with a semi-automatic, it’s hard to know what Kolya is really thinking.

“This is an old archetype you can’t do anything about,” Solomatina says. Explaining why he brought Kolya, dressed in a tiny military uniform, to so many formal parades, the president said: “If I am not at home, he cannot sleep, he cannot eat, he is not a child at all.”. As a baby, very little was known about Kolya. Like much of his 26-year rule, the bravado does not match the reality, but it’s clear that Lukashenko Sr. is warning a rebellious nation that he is going nowhere. The ceremony was held at the Palace of Independence. Since these demonstrations began, Kolesnikova has been abducted, and Tikhanovskaya cooperates with the international community from Lithuania as she does not feel safe in Belarus. “It is emblematic that the main opponents of the President of Belarus during this election were women. This week, Nikolay Lukashenko, the youngest son of the “last dictator in Europe,” came of age during the worst period of his father’s reign. Women, the president believes, should have no fewer than three children; and should all be a specific height: “A woman should be 165-175 centimeters, that is normal for a woman,” he has said. Now, women are actively taking to the streets rioting against police violence and a rigged election in an unprecedented number. During his appearance at The National Assembly, he dismissed his opponents as “poor girls” who had no idea what they were doing. Tens of thousands of women have been marching and publicly demonstrating for their rights, even fighting with police to release political detainees. “This boy has heard that the Belarusian nation is ‘little people;’ that women cannot be presidents; that the real role of women is ‘to decorate the world.’ He also heard his father say: ‘People do not become presidents, they are born to be presidents.’”.

Yet, only a small minority of Belarusians are interested in discussing women’s problems and their participation in politics as equals. So, I got it: they are my real weapon,” he once said, about the female members of his service.