Ukraine’s parliament failed to pass legislation prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of gender, religion, race, and sexual orientation. We are talking about a country where job ads often say, “The candidate should be an attractive unmarried woman under the age of 30” or “Nobody over the age of 35 should apply,” so the law was urgently needed. Besides, the passage of the law is necessary for the establishment of a visa – free travel regime with the EU which has a colossal symbolic value for Ukrainians.
Still, none of this persuaded Ukrainian law-makers to vanquish their inner barbarian and pass the legislation. Civilization advances at a slow and stumbling pace but let’s hope that love of barbarity perishes in Ukraine sooner rather than later.
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