Veronika Marchenko

Veronika Marchenko is a Russian activist. In 2009 she received the International Women of Courage Award. [1]

Veronika Marchenko with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama in 2009.

Work

Marchenko started the “Mother’s Right” Foundation in 1990 to bring attention to the deaths of Russian military people in peacetime. The organization helps families of soldiers who die in peacetime, and works against corruption. [2] Many of the deaths are called suicides, so the families have trouble getting money after the death. [3]

In 2007, lawyers from Mother’s Right helped 132 families go to court for survivor's benefits. They also helped 5,323 families of men who died. [4]

The organization now helps 5000 people a year. They helped a total of 80,000 people. [5]

Other websites

Mother's Right Foundation (English)

References
  1. "2009 International Women of Courage Award".
  2. "Veronika Marchenko, head of a Russian NGO protecting the rights". Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  3. "2009 International Women of Courage Award Winner Biographies".
  4. "Veronika Marchenko: "We are Ready for a Long Fight in Order To Make the Law Prevail"". DipNote.
  5. Tatiana Shabaeva (12 October 2010). "The Mothers' Right foundation: Russian soldiers' mothers turn grief into action". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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