ELENA ERSHOVA

CONTACT INFORMATION

Address, res:		43 Leninsky prospect #45, Moscow 117334, Russian Federation Tel: (7-095) 135-3207
office:		6 Stolovy per. bld 2, suit 417, Moscow 121836, Russian Federation Tel: (7-095) 290-4708 Fax: (7-095) 203-0807 E-mail: wcons@com2com.ru

CITIZENSHIP
Russian

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
10 years as a staff member at a political magazine, 22 years as a researcher at the Institute for US and Canada Studies, 9 years as an organizer, manager and coordinator of woman's NGOs.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

US domestic policy

Training in woman's leadership and advocacy

Advocacy campaigns

Policy and legislation analysis

Project management

Research & writing

Creating coalitions

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PhD in history (the US domestic policy). Academy of Social Sciences, Moscow, 1971

Master Degree in international relations. Institute of International Relations, Moscow, 1952-1957; graduated with distinction

LANGUAGES

Mother Tongue - Russian; Fluent - English

APEC RELATED EXPERIENCE

none

GEOGRAPHIC EXPERIENCE IN THE APEC REGION

none

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

-		Coordinator, the Consortium of Women's Nongovernmental Associations, Moscow, 1996 to present;
-		Member, the Presidential Commission on Women, Family and Demography, Moscow, 1995 to present;
-		Member, advisory board, the State Duma (parliament) Committee on Women, Family and Youth;
-		Member, Commission (governmental) on Women's Status, Moscow, 1996
-		President, Gaia International Women's Center, Moscow, 1990-1998;
-		Senior Researcher, Institute for US and Canada Studies, Moscow, 1971-1993;
-		Postgraduateship, Academy of Social Sciences, Moscow, 1968-1971;
-		Staff member, Communist Magazine, 1957-1968

PRIMARY SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

A. Gender & Development

Advocacy and Policy Impact
-		work since 1995 as a member of the Presidential Commission on Women, Family and Demography, participate in discussing and developing policy on various woman's issues
-		as a member of Advisory Board of the State Duma (parliament) Committee on Women, Family and Youth regularly participate in parliamentary hearings and in various forms of advocacy
-		closely collaborate with the Ministry of Labor and Social Development in discussing woman's situation in labor market, in developing labor legislation
Gender Strategy Development
-		participated in process of changing and improving the National plan on the status of women
-		member of the organizing committee of the all-Russian conference "Women and Market Economy" (Moscow, 1992)
-		member of the organizing committee of the all-Russian conference "Women and Labor Relations" (Moscow, 1994)
-		member of the organizing committee of the International conference "Violence against Women" (Moscow, 1998)
Gender
-		an organizer of the first in Russia leadership school for women (1992)
-		7 years experience as a trainer in leadership
-		4 years experience as a trainer in advocacy

B. Women's entrepreneurship

-		one of the organizers and directors of Women's Microfinance Network
-		an organizer of advocacy on legislation on microloans to small woman's business

C. Conferences

participant of 35 international and Russian conferences on woman's issues. Among them

-		ECE Regional Preparatory Meeting for Beijing Conference (Vienna, 1994)
-		IV International Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995)
-		two Forums of Association for Women in Development (Washington, 1996, 1999)
-		"Women and Democracy. Vital Voices"(Vienna, 1997)
-		"Women and Democracy at the Dawn of the New Millennium"(Reykjavik, 1999)

D. Project Management

-		director of the USAID funded project on developing the Consortium network, budget of US$ 100,000 - mini-grants and site visits for member organizations, 3 staff, leadership school, quarterly reports & financial reports (1996-1997)
-		director of the IREX funded project on organizing a business center for women in Novgorodskaja Oblast, Russia, budget US$ 82,000, training in business plans and leadership, in computers, consulting in organizing small businesses, quarterly reports & financial reports (1997-1998)
-		director of the project on domestic violence, funded by the Ford Foundation, Open Society Institute, USAID, budget US$ 25,000, staff, conferences, trainings, reports and financial reports (1997-1998)
-		director of the project on resource center for women, funded by the Ford Foundation, budget US$ 75,000, staff, modems training and financing e-mail for 35 member organizations, reports, financial reports (1997-1998)
-		director of the project promoting and defense of woman's interests, funded by USAID, budget US$ 108,000, staff, trainings, work with media, gender analysis of legislation (1999-2000)
-		director of the project on publishing three books - two of them funded by USIS (US$ 25,000): 'International Conventions and Declarations on Women and Children (Russian translation)' and 'How to Organize and Manage a Crisis Center for Women, and one book funded by the Ford Foundation (US$ 14,000) 'Russian women in labyrinth of equality'

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS

1.		E.Ershova. Movement for Peace, Against Militarism and War in the USA, Moscow, "Nauka", 1976
2.		USA Constitution and Citizen Rights, Moscow, "Mysl", 1987 (co-author)
3.		Antiwar Movement at the Western Europe and Northern America, Moscow, "Mezhdunarodnye Otnoshenia", 1986 (co-author)
4.		Women's Role in Contemporary Society. (The UN Decade for Women), Moscow, Academy of Science. 1985 (co-author)
5.		Antiwar Movement at the USA and Canada, Moscow, Institute for US and Canada Studies, 1985 (co-author)
6.		Mass Movements of Social Protest, Moscow, "Nauka", 1978 (co-author)
7.		USA: Social and Political Struggle, Moscow, "Znanie", 1976 (co-author)
8.		Democratic Movements in the USA: Contemporary Tendencies, Moscow, Institute for US and Canada Studies, 1975 (co-author)
9.		USA: Students and Politics, Moscow, "Nauka", 1974